Kendall,

In response to your question, "Is it possible that they destroyed those weapons as ordered?"

I can only say that they were given every possible opportunity to prove that they had done so - but they didn't. Unless of course you are prepared to accept the required Iraqi statement of the 7th December, 2002. This statement was totally discounted by both Hans Blix and Mohamed Al-Baradei as being incomplete and inaccurate. This dismissal was further backed up when items the Iraqi's fervently claimed that they did not possess started turning up.

Also, getting rid of the items detailed by UNSCOM only satisfies one part of the UN's stated requirements in relation to WMD, doesn't it?