re: Far from . . .
The war was predicated upon intelligence reports for several international sources – naturally not all of which was taken at face value, and much of which was taken with a grain or two of salt. Reports from authorized UN sources, though, were accepted as fact. Those facts included chemical agents, biological agents, active chemical/biological laboratory vans (the same that today consitute nothing), and a strong possibility of an active nuclear weapons program. All of this, btw, remains very possible.
Dan