Despite the work of the 1400 strong Iraq Survey Group in post-war Iraq, no evidence of actual WMD capability has so far been uncovered ; according to its final report in September 2004.

The Bush administration commissioned the Iraq Survey Group to determine whether in fact any WMD existed in Iraq.

The review was conducted by Charles Duelfer and the Iraq Survey Group.

The Iraq Survey Group, which was tasked with finding evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, found that OFF saved the Iraqi economy from decline after the imposition of sanctions.

The final official version of the Iraq Survey Group report ( Duelfer Report ) cites only France, Russia and China ( countries who were also strongly anti-war ) as violators who paid kickbacks.

* Iraq Survey Group: A fact-finding mission sent by the coalition after the 2003 Invasion of Iraq to find weapons of mass destruction ( WMD ) programs developed by Iraq under the regime of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

* October 2: David Kay's Iraq Survey Group report finds little evidence of WMD in Iraq, although the regime did intend to develop more weapons with additional capabilities.

Without exception, all of the allegations included within the September Dossier have been since proven to be false, as shown by the Iraq Survey Group.

* Iraq Survey Group

* Iraq Survey Group, the 2003-2005 investigative mission in the Iraqi WMD search program that produced the Duelfer Report

The Iraq Survey Group ( ISG ) was a fact-finding mission sent by the multinational force in Iraq after the 2003 invasion of Iraq to find the alleged weapons of mass destruction alleged to be possessed by Iraq that had been the main ostensible reason for the invasion.

The Iraq Survey Group replaced the United Nations inspections teams ( the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission ( UNMOVIC ), led by Hans Blix ) and from the International Atomic Energy Agency ( led by Mohamed ElBaradei ), which had been mandated by the UN Security Council to search for illegal weapons before the conflict ( See Iraq disarmament crisis ).

* " Statement by David Kay on the Interim Progress Report on the Activities of the Iraq Survey Group, before the House permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, The House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommitte on Defence, and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ".

* Teaser of upcoming documentary film Land of Confusion featuring Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Iraq Survey Group in 2004-05.

The Australia Group is an informal group of countries ( now joined by the European Commission ) established in 1985 ( after the use of chemical weapons by Iraq in 1984 ) to help member countries to identify those of their exports which need to be controlled so as not to contribute to the spread of chemical and biological weapons.

* Japanese Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group

In March, 2006, he was appointed to the Iraq Study Group, a group formed to give advice on the U. S. government's Iraq policy.

The Rendon Group replied on its website to Mr. Bamford ’ s article, saying, “ For the record, the Rendon Group ( TRG ) had no role whatsoever in making the case for the Iraq war, here at home or internationally.

* Paul Moran ( 1963 – 2003 ) was a journalist who had formerly worked with The Rendon Group on its contracts in Iraq.

* Group 1: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan or Syria

This office was created with a mandate to propagandize throughout the Middle East, Asia and Western Europe, with the help of the Rendon Group, a Washington, DC based public relations firm with close ties to the US government, and which had had a prominent role in promoting the Iraqi National Congress, an opposition group of Iraq exiles.

In a December 2006 interview with Die Zeit, Perle strongly criticized the Iraq Study Group proposals, saying: " I have never seen such a foolish report.

The primary role of the Special Forces Task Group was to secure an area of western Iraq from which it was feared that SCUD missiles could be launched.

As the Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd pledged in the 2007 election, Australian combat forces began withdrawing from Iraq on 1 June 2008 and the Overwatch Battle Group ( West ) and Australian Army Training Team formally ceased combat operations on 2 June 2008, having helped train 33, 000 Iraqi soldiers.

* Japanese Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group

Andrew Hill Card, Jr. ( born May 10, 1947 ) is a Republican-American politician, former United States Cabinet member, and head of President George W. Bush's White House Iraq Group.

On March 15, 2006, Congress announced the formation of the Iraq Study Group, a high-level panel of prominent former officials charged by members of Congress with taking a fresh look at America's policy on Iraq.

The Iraq Study Group examined a number of ideas, including one that would create a new power-sharing arrangement in Iraq that would give more autonomy to regional factions.

Acting as an independent entity outside of the normal chain of command ( ISG reported directly to Donald Rumsfeld ), it surveyed and exploited hundreds of possible WMD sites across the breadth of Iraq with very few problems.

Lines of enquiry adopted by the ISG include the examination of sites across Iraq, as well as interviewing scientists, truck drivers and other workers with possible knowledge of WMD.

On 23 January 2004, the head of the ISG, David Kay, resigned his position, stating that he believed WMD stockpiles would not be found in Iraq.

ISG found no evidence of concerted efforts to restart the program, and Iraq ’ s ability to reconstitute a nuclear weapons program progressively decayed after 1991.

* Iraq destroyed its chemical weapons stockpile in 1991, and only a small number of old, abandoned chemical munitions were discovered by the ISG.

The ISG stated that while it had, " not found evidence that Saddam possessed WMD stocks in 2003 ," they acknowledged " the possibility that some weapons existed in Iraq, although not of a militarily significant capability.

* Prewar Movement of WMD Material Out of Iraq, stating " ISG judged that it was unlikely that an official transfer of WMD material from Iraq to Syria took place " but also acknowledging that there was evidence " about movement of material out of Iraq, including the possibility that WMD was involved ," and that this evidence was " sufficiently credible to merit further investigation.

* Residual Pre-1991 CBW Stocks in Iraq, concluding " any remaining chemical munitions in Iraq do not pose a militarily significant threat ... ISG has not found evidence to indicate that Iraq did not destroy its BW weapons or bulk agents ".

In testimony on the progress of the Iraq Survey Group on October 2, 2003 he revealed to House and Senate committees that the ISG had found that Iraq had a network of clandestine laboratories containing equipment that should have been ( but was not ) disclosed to UN inspectors.

" With regard to delivery systems, the ISG team has discovered sufficient evidence to date to conclude that the Iraqi regime was committed to delivery system improvements that would have, if OIF had not occurred, dramatically breached UN restrictions placed on Iraq after the 1991 Gulf War ," Kay testified.

Kagan authored the " real Iraq Study Group " report as the AEI's rival to the ISG report of James Baker and Lee H. Hamilton in December 2006.

* Head / leader of Iraq Survey Group ( ISG )

* In an episode broadcast on ITV on 4 March 2006, Tony Blair became the first serving Prime Minister to be interviewed by Parkinson and volunteered the information that he believed he would be judged by God for the Iraq war.