11. Each building was destroyed, and hundreds of pieces of equipment such as fermenters and spray dryers used to make biological toxins were smashed or embedded in concrete. 12. However, al-Qaida may also have acquired biological toxins, the defense official said, without providing detail. 13. In one case, inspectors sifting through import documents uncovered an Iraqi program to build enough biological toxins, such as anthrax and botulism, to kill millions. 14. Iraq tested biological toxins on animals, including sheep, donkeys, monkeys and dogs, the report said. 15. Iraq tested its biological toxins on animals, including sheep, donkeys, monkeys and dogs, the report said. 16. The disarmament experts were sent to Iraq to try to make sure the nation destroyed banned weapons programs, including stocks of nerve gas and biological toxins. 17. The inspections are meant to check whether Iraq has destroyed all long-range missiles and weapons of mass destruction, including poison gas and lethal biological toxins. 18. The October report also said Iraq consistently mislead weapons inspectors and before the Gulf War had produced large quantities of biological toxins including anthrax and botulism. 19. The U.N. inspectors must verify that Iraq has destroyed all long-range missiles and weapons of mass destruction, including poison gas and lethal biological toxins. 20. U.N. inspectors have warned that an unmonitored Iraq could resume producing biological toxins within a week. |
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