His role was to provide search and clearance support, uncovering hidden weapons, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and bomb-making equipment.
U.S. troops found more hidden weapons caches, and opposition leaders met U.S. officials for the first time to discuss a new government for the country.
In airline security , we might spend less time futilely searching for hidden weapons and instead focus on the real problem of identifying potential terrorists.
Bush administration officials -- Powell among them -- argued that Iraq had harbored stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, a hidden nuclear weapons program and long-range missiles in violation of the cease-fire that ended the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
In a wide-ranging address, the prime minister also defended the UK's intervention in Libya and said the new Libyan authorities had found evidence of chemical weapons hidden by the Gaddafi regime.
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As just one example, emerging technology to find weapons or explosives hidden beneath clothes is devilishly challenging.
According to Saudi officials, the 13 recent detainees had smuggled explosives and weapons and then hidden them around the country in preparation for their attacks.
In years to come, the doctrine would also require new weapons capable of destroying installations hidden far underground.
If the two sides then reduce to 100 weapons and ten more are hidden by one side, that could have some bearing on the military balance.
One ship, they explain, can bring in more weapons than a fleet of lorries with hidden military hardware.
The Iraq Survey Group was continuing its search for the weapons, the programmes behind them and how they were hidden, he added.
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French troops found weapons "by the tonne, " he said, including AK47s, grenade launchers and pick-ups hidden in natural caves.
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