Instead, he's used all this time to build and to hide weapons.

"They were telling people in the neighborhood to hide your weapons from the Americans," he said.

For a moment he thought of the weapons hidden in the city, the chance that the other men might be able to launch them.

With the weapons hidden, the last thing he needed was a confrontation.

"I wonder if there's a reason for them to hide their weapons?"

There were some men in hiding behind rocks holding weapons.

Some of the resolutions ask for more evidence that Iraq is hiding weapons.

He also spent years hiding his weapons of mass destruction programs from the world.

"But how can I be certain there's not a weapon hidden inside it?"

Other states could hide weapons, and as Israel has demonstrated, still others can make them in secret.