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Saddam says wmd excuse for war Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1071455383050_34/?hub=TopStories http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1071455383050_34/?hub=TopStories Hussein tells interrogators 'no' WMD: report CTV.ca News Staff Saddam Hussein has told a U.S. interrogator there are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and the U.S. "dreamed them up" as an excuse for war, according to a published report. The Time magazine report cites a U.S. intelligence official who read a transcript of Hussein's initial interrogation and paraphrased some of his responses. When asked if his regime had chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, Hussein reportedly replied: "No, of course not. The U.S. dreamed them up itself to have a reason to go to war with us." The interrogator asked: "If you had no weapons of mass destruction, then why not let the UN inspectors into your facilities?" Hussein replied: "We didn't want them to go into the presidential areas and intrude on our privacy." Months of searching have failed to turn up any significant evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. It's likely the administration of U.S. President George Bush hopes Hussein's capture will change that. "If anybody knows where the alleged stashes of these weapons are hidden it would be Saddam Hussein himself ... if indeed they do exist," CTV's Alan Fryer said from Washington. But, the unidentified U.S. official who revealed details of the ousted Iraqi president's interrogation said he was being uncooperative. Hussein reportedly answered many questions with "Saddam rhetoric type stuff." When asked if he wanted a drink of water, Hussein replied: "If I drink water I will have to go to the bathroom and how can I use the bathroom when my people are in bondage." The initial interrogation session marked the beginning of what will likely be weeks or perhaps even months of U.S. questioning. Interrogators are likely to pump Hussein for information on the almost daily attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq. "The Americans want to find out what Saddam knows about the current insurgency. Who are these people? Where are they hiding out? How are they being finance? What particular plots he may be aware of that are in the works," Fryer said. During Hussein's capture, U.S. troops discovered "descriptive written material of significant value," one U.S. commander in Iraq told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. He declined to say whether the material related to Iraqi insurgents. Hussein was captured Saturday at 8:30 p.m. (local time) about 15 kilometres south of his hometown of Tikrit. He was found hiding in a mud hole in the cellar of a farmhouse. The Iraqi leader who implored his army to fight to the death during the U.S.-led invasion of his country surrendered without firing a shot, though he had a pistol. He is reported to have said: "Don't shoot. I am Saddam Hussein, the president of the Republic of Iraq."

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