On February 7, 2002, Saddam Hussein sent a letter to Turkish Prime Minister Mustafa Bülent Ecevit. It read: ” ‘As pertains to the weapons of mass destruction, Iraq, which no longer has any of these weapons and has no intention of producing them, is in the forefront of those who are keen that our region be free of weapons of mass destruction.’ “
– Hans Blix, Disarming Iraq, Page 60