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One of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on Iraq's biological weapons is the existence of mobile production facilities used to make biological agents.

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Colin Powell
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 5
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Former United States Secretary Of State
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New York City
New York
Colin Luther Powell
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