> propaganda and lies about the justification for that

I keep hearing this, and yet, the NYT and the international Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons both confirmed that there were chemical weapons in Iraq:

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/world/middleeast/question...

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/23/world/middleeast/thousand...

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/world/cia-is-said-to-have...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/03/world/middlee...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middlee...

Did the NYT issue a retraction when I wasn't looking?