CIA admits no chemical weapons in Iraq since 1991 - www.smh.com.au

Newsflash: CIA admits no chemical weapons in Iraq - After Saddam - www.smh.com.au:

"In a formal acknowledgment of the obvious, the CIA has issued a classified report revising its prewar assessments on Iraq and concluding that Baghdad abandoned its chemical weapons programs in 1991, intelligence officials say.

The report marks the first time the CIA has officially disavowed its prewar judgments, and is one in a 'series' of updated assessments the agency is producing as part of a belated effort to correct its record on Iraq's alleged weapons programs, officials said.

For an agency that prides itself on providing the latest intelligence to policymakers, even the title of the new report reads like a year-old headline: Iraq: No Large-Scale Chemical Warfare Efforts Since Early 1990s."