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    NUCLEAR WEAPON
    Not much is known about Iraq's forays into the nuclear realm. But according to Jane's Intelligence Review, a leading military journal, Iraq has the ability to build nuclear weapons. Some experts say Iraq has hidden bomb-making material.

    Sites: Main research center in city of Tuwaitha; main testing center in al Atheer.
    Evidence: U.N. inspectors found evidence of nuclear weapons design work in 1991.

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