UPDATE 2: WMD Found in Iraq

COMMENTLINE
UPDATE 2 -- Additional links to hard news added, commentary.
While the WMDs talked about in today's memos from the House Select Intelligence Committee are not the ones used as justification for going to war, the government now says WMDs have actually been found in Iraq.

What does this news hold in store for those who have said Bush was "dead wrong" about WMD in Iraq?

Update:
I have added additional links to this post.

A quick survey of news sources reveals AP and Reuters ignoring the story and many major news outlets, after one day, burying the story. In turn, news outlets such as FOX and AFP are the only ones reporting. Drudge also has a headline.

I have had major problems with Technorati failing to index the blog all week so I would assume others have also experienced problems and the story is more widely blogged about than at first glance.

NEWSLINES
"We have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, chemical weapons," Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., said in a quickly called press conference late Wednesday afternoon.

NEWSBYTES
Report: Hundreds of WMDs Found in Iraq
WASHINGTON (FOX) -- The United States has found 500 chemical weapons in Iraq since 2003, and more weapons of mass destruction are likely to be uncovered, two Republican lawmakers said Wednesday.

Lawmakers Cite Weapons Found in Iraq
(washingtonpost.com) -- Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.), chairman of the House intelligence committee, and Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) told reporters yesterday that weapons of mass destruction had in fact been found in Iraq, despite acknowledgments by the White House and the insistence of the intelligence community that no such weapons had been discovered.

Hundreds of chemical weapons found in Iraq: US intelligence
(AFP) -- US-led coalition forces in Iraq have found some 500 chemical weapons since the March 2003 invasion, Republican lawmakers said, citing an intelligence report.

Senator Rick Santorum announces WMD HAS been found in Iraq
(Radioblogger.com) -- Text of interview.

RESOURCES: US GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
Insight into Saddam Hussein’s WMD
U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today announced that a declassified Army report provides further insight into the chemical and biological weapons programs in Iraq.

Iraqi Chemical Munitions
Unclassified Summary of the Army’s National Ground Intelligence Center Report.

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