Meanwhile: US withdraws Iraq weapons team
US withdraws Iraq weapons team
The Bush administration has confirmed that a 400-strong team of weapons disposal experts was withdrawn from Iraq but insists their job was done.
President Bush's spokesman also stressed that the hunt for weapons of mass destruction continues.
News of the pullout came as a prominent think-tank accused the US Government of exaggerating the Iraqi threat.
The US and UK cited concerns over weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion of Iraq last March.
News that the Joint Captured Materiel Exploitation Group had been withdrawn was leaked to the New York Times before being confirmed by the Bush administration.
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There was no evidence to support the claim that Iraq would have transferred WMD to al-Qaeda and much evidence to counter it.