2014 年 10 月 14 日，纽约时报发了一篇稿子《The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons》。说美国终于在伊拉克找到“大杀器”了，但却选择了隐瞒。为什么呢？原因之一可能是这些化学武器中的一部分似乎“designed in the United States, manufactured in Europe and filled in chemical agent production lines built in Iraq by Western companies.”