CIA: Iraq could have nuclear weapon in a year

Report says weapons facilities rebuilt since Desert Fox

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- If Iraq is able to get hold of weapons-grade fissile material, it could make a nuclear weapon within a year, according to a CIA report released Friday.

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Iraq is also bolstering its stockpile of chemical and biological weapons, according to the report.

The report, the most up-to-date summary of U.S. intelligence on Iraq, says Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is "intent on acquiring" nuclear weapons.

Without intervention and if it cannot get the fissile material it needs from abroad, Iraq "probably will have a nuclear weapon during this decade," the report says.

Since United Nations inspectors left in 1998, Iraq "has maintained its chemical weapons effort, energized its missile program, and invested more heavily in biological weapons," the report says. (Powell: Blix talks termed 'very constructive' )

It also says Iraq has rebuilt its missile and biological weapons facilities damaged during Operation Desert Fox.

Iraq has "expanded its chemical and biological infrastructure under the cover of civilian production," the report says.

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