Iraq Didn't Pose Immediate Threat to U.S., Think-Tank Report Concludes

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WASHINGTON - Iraqi weapons programs threatened regional and global security in the long run, but they weren't an immediate danger to the United States - a key reason the Bush administration gave for going to war, says a report being released Thursday.

The report also found no conclusive evidence to support administration claims that Saddam Hussein was cooperating with al- Qaida or would have transferred chemical, biological or nuclear weapons to the terrorist group, another major justification for the war.

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Iraq Didn't Pose Immediate Threat to U.S., Think-Tank Report Concludes

The 61-page study by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a nonpartisan research institution, faults the intelligence community for failing to make an accurate asses...

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