WMDs

The no-WMDs cornerstone of the Iraq War debate took a hit yesterday when NGIC (National Ground Intelligence Center) released a very abbreviated unclassified report on the subject. The report mentions 500 munitions containing sarin and mustard gas.

It also explains why they didn't release this information sooner. It seems they were competing with members of the Iraqi insurgency to find and secure these weapons. The insurgents have only used chemical weapons once to my knowledge (a sarin artillery shell used in a roadside bomb) and thankfully they did it poorly.

I wonder how much of this had to do with Zarqawi's death had on these events. Not only did killing Zarqawi take out Al Qaeda in Iraq's leader, but it enabled the military to take out many other upper echelon figures they have been mining for intelligence on his whereabouts.

So this is good news, but of course the fight isn't over.