Hussein-era arms linked to fatalities
GAO report says caches left unguarded
WASHINGTON -- A newly declassified government report says that half of American troop deaths in Iraq have been caused by explosives left over from Saddam Hussein's regime and that even four years after the war began the US military has failed to conduct an adequate inventory of Hussein's weapons depots. (Full article: 819 words)
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