The Observation Post  "I need these germs to be fixed on the
missiles, and tell him to hit, because starting the 15th,
everyone should be ready for the action to happen at
anytime...." -- Saddam Hussein, January 1991  There's belief
among many folk out there that Iraq didn't have a biological
weapons (BW) program. They accept the idea that most, if not
all, the shipments Iraq received of full strength unattenuated
pathogens from other countries such as the United States were
utilized for benign purposes.  There are others that contend
that Iraq did possess something of a BW program, but that the
project hadn't progressed to the stage of strategic and/or
tactical usefulness; however, the statement above which Saddam
Hussein made during a meeting with the Iraqi leadership prior to
the war leaves little doubt about Iraq's BW capabilities, and
his willingness to use such against the US, Israel, and Saudi
Arabia. One unanswered question that begs to be explored is "did
he?"  Among others there's the belief that Ir