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WMD conjecture in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq concerns the failure by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the U.S.-led Iraq Survey Group (ISG) to locate undeclared stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction both before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.〔(No WMD stockpiles in Iraq ) CNN. October 7, 2004.〕 The United States effectively terminated the search effort for unconventional weaponry in January 2005, and the Iraq Intelligence Commission concluded that the judgements of the U.S. intelligence community about the continued existence of weapons of mass destruction and an associated military program were wrong. Other investigative bodies continue to examine material evidence relating to past programs.〔(U.S. calls off search for Iraqi WMDs ) CNN. January 12, 2005.〕〔(Fallout from WMD search failure ) BBC News. January 12, 2005.〕 Major controversy was generated when prohibited weapons were not found. Some observers reason Saddam Hussein miscalculated by deceiving Intelligence services into believing he had retained active stockpiles while others remain convinced, contrary to the findings of the ISG, that such weapons existed and continue to exist. Alternative conspiracy theories and conjecture have been put forward to explain their possible whereabouts. ==Stockpiles still hidden conjecture== Appearing on MSNBC's ''Hardball'' in June 2004, Paul Wolfowitz insisted the weapons picture was without change, since Iraq "had a lot of time to move stuff, a lot of time to hide stuff."〔('Hardball with Chris Matthews' for June 23 ) MSNBC. June 24, 2004.〕 Three weeks later, Lord Butler of Brockwell said upon conclusion of the Butler Review, "Iraq is a very big place, there is a lot of sand. ... It is impractical to dig up the whole of Iraq, but for somebody to say 'we are absolutely certain that there is nothing there' would be a very rash and unfounded thing to say, in our judgment."〔Tweedie, Neil. (Report holds out the possibility that WMD may still be found ... one day ) ''The Daily Telegraph''. July 14, 2004.〕〔"In the period immediately following hostilities ... much potential evidence about prohibited Iraqi weapons programmes may have been destroyed. The systematic destruction of computers and other forms of records at some sites suggested that it was not the work of looters but was part of a scheme of orchestrated destruction." Lord Butler's Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction, p. 97-98〕 Former Pentagon investigator Dave Gaubatz alleges he found hidden WMD sites in 2003, but that his reports were ignored and then destroyed as part of a cover-up by the CIA, Department of Defense, and Bush administration. This allowed a group of Russians, Iraqis and Syrians to dig up the WMDs and move them to Syria. This idea was dismissed by ''Wired'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WMD 'Finder,' Ray Gun Pusher Wants Anti-Muslim 'Backlash' )〕 and ''Salon'', who pointed out that it required President Bush, military leaders, and Senate Democrats to have all colluded in a massive conspiracy theory. The final report of the Iraq Survey Group, by Charles A. Duelfer, special adviser on Iraqi weapons to the C.I.A., concluded that any stockpiles had been destroyed long before the war and that transfers to Syria were "unlikely." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WMD conjecture in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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