Fed: Butler says he'd support attacks on Iraq

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2001
Fed: Butler says he'd support attacks on Iraq

Former UN weapons inspector RICHARD BUTLER is urging coalition forces to wage war on
Iraq, saying it is clear terrorists are being trained there.

The Australian was thrown out of Iraq with his weapons inspection team in 1998 -- and
says he fears SADDAM HUSSEIN has a stockpile of weapons.

Mr BUTLER has told CNN that evidence is emerging that Iraq is one of the countries
supporting terrorists.

An Iraqi man who wants to seek asylum in Australia produced documents on Friday, suggesting
SADDAM HUSSEIN is producing chemical and biological weapons.

Other defectors in the US say Iraq has renovated sites for weapons of mass destruction
and dispatched a team of 30 saboteurs abroad.

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KEYWORD: TERROR BUTLER (CANBERRA)

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