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U.S. Finds 'Evidence' of Banned Iraqi Weapons

A top commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq says troops have recovered "documentary evidence" that the country's former regime had an active chemical and biological weapons program. But Lt. Gen. William Wallace says no signs have surfaced that Saddam Hussein's forces deployed the banned weapons for use against U.S. forces. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

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Eric Westervelt is a San Francisco-based senior editor-correspondent for NPR's National Desk.
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