March 2003 Top Secret Memo: TRANSFER OF SPECIAL AMMUNITION (POTENTIAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS) Translation

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[jveritas]

Document ISGP-2003-0001498 ISGP-2003-0001498 contains a 9 pages TOP SECRET memo (pages 87-96 in the pdf document) dated March 16 2003 that talks about transferring “SPECIAL AMMUNITION” from one ammunition depot in Najaf to other ammunition depots near Baghdad. As we know by now the term SPECIAL AMMUNITION was used by Saddam Regime to designate CHEMICAL WEAPONS as another translated document has already shown. For example in document CMPC 2004-002219 where Saddam regime decided to use “CHEMICAL WEAPONS against the Kurds” they used the term “SPECIAL AMMUNITION” for chemical weapon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1601810/posts. What is also interesting is that these “SPECIAL AMMUNITION” were listed as 122 mm, 130 mm, and 155 mm caliber shells which are not by itself SPECIAL unless it contain CHEMICAL WEAPONS. In fact the Iraqi have always used 122 mm, 130 mm, and 155 mm caliber shell as a main delivery tool for Chemical Weapons Agents by filling these type of shells with Nerve Gas, Sarin, Racin, Mustard gas and other Chemical Agents.

Beginning of partial translation of Pages 85-96 in document ISGP-2003-0001498

In the Name of God the Merciful The Compassionate

Top Secret

Ministry Of Defense

Chairmanship of the Army Staff

Al Mira Department

No. 4/17/ammunition/249

Date 16 March 2003

To: The Command of the Western Region

Subject: Transfer of Ammunitions

The secret and immediate letter of the Chairmanship of the Army Staff 4/17/308 on 10 March 2003

1. The approval of the Army Chief of Staff was obtained to transfer THE SPECIAL AMMUNITIONS in the ammunition depots group of Najaf and according to the following priorities:

A. The first priority

First. Ammunition (122 mm)

Second. Ammunition (130 mm)

Third. Ammunition (155 mm)

To the depots and storage of the Second Corp and the two ammunition depot groups Dijla/2/3

B. Second priority.

First. Ammunition (23 mm)

Second. Ammunition (14.5 mm)

To the ammunition depots of the air defense and distributed to the ammunition depot groups in (Al Mussayeb- Al Sobra- Saad).

2. To execute the order of the Chief Army Staff indicated in section (1) above, we relate the following:

A. Duty

Transfer of the ammunitions shown in sections (A) and (B) from the ammunitions depots of Najaf to the ammunition depots in (Dijla 2/3, and Al Mansor, and Saad, and Al Mussayeb, and Sobra and Blad Roz and Amar Weys from March 16 till April 14 2003.

Signature…

General Rasheed Abdallah Sultan

Assistant to the Army Chief of Staff- Al Mira

March 2003

End of Partial translation

The remaining pages of this 9 pages top secret memo talk about getting the special vehicles to transfer the SPECIAL AMMUNITION and the people assigned to supervise and execute the transfer and they were top Iraqi Army and Military Intelligence officers.

[jveritas]

That is very interesting. Again we see in this article that you just posted that the term "SPECIAL AMMUNITION" is a substitute for "CHEMICAL WEAPONS".

[jazusamo]

Thanks again jveritas.

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[jveritas]

I think that the specialized vehicles to transfer the Special Ammuntion may have be heavy load trucks with some special features.

[RayRobisonblog]

I checked out the timeline because that occured to me when I saw this. The mustard gas shells were destroyed late feb early march. This does not appear to be a batch that was handed over to the UN. It does not fit in the timeline. More at http://rayrobison.typepad.com/ray_robison/2006/04/iraq_document_o.html

[jveritas]

Thank you very much GD.

[Coop]

Again we see in this article that you just posted that the term "SPECIAL AMMUNITION" is a substitute for "CHEMICAL WEAPONS".

Yep, with the source attributable to an Iraqi military member.

Just trying to come up with some background and corroborating information. You don't need to prove anything to me and many others, but let's face it. To a lotta folks who don't speak Arabic you're just some guy on a conservative forum. :-) So the more of your translations we can tie to known info, the better.

[jveritas]

So the more of your translations we can tie to known info, the better.

Agreed 100%. Thank you very much for doing these valuable researches.

[Once-Ler]

Thanx for your work.

[Coop]

You're welcome, but mine isn't the valuable part. :-) When you come down to D.C. to brief the President and Sec. Rumsfeld, I'll buy you a steak dinner!

[PLMerite]

The war started on March 19, 2003. Did the Iraqis have time to move this stuff before we got there?

[jveritas]

LOL... If this ever happens ( just dreaming :) ) I am the one who will buy you a very nice dinner :).

[Grampa Dave]

Thank you, my friend. You are doing the hard part and the brave part by translating these letters and posting them.

The rest of us can do our minor role in helping to get the word out re your translations.

[jveritas]

That is very possible. They had at least three days to do it.

[jveritas]

Thanks Ray.

[Chuck54]

bttt

[rwfromkansas]

Very interesting find.

[Sender]

CIA reads FreeRepublic to keep up to date ;)

[roaddog727]

One can only hope.

[Marine_Uncle]

" It's no surprise that Saddam may have still had some left and that the UN inspectors did not get them all."
Remember, as our units where advancing on Baghdad, Saddam per L/MSM had TV reports, quick statement, not meant as analysis at that point, simply relaying news coming out of Iraq, to use bio/chem weapons against advancing US forces.
I am not trying to push the point, but perhaps they had enough stuff left at some of the special bunker areas, and Saddam gave permission for it's use against the invaders. If one considers the time line of this document, March 16 till April 14 2003.
It coincides with the opening days of the air bombardment of Baghdad and ends with the last day of official combat in Iraq where the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) had crossed the Iraq/Kuwait border to begin stability and support operations in Iraq.
Thanks again jveritas for your continued willingness to translate these documents.

[SittinYonder]

Just playing devil's advocate, I think I remembered reading that Iraqi generals, even when the war was afoot, kept waiting for and expecting chemical weapons were going to be deployed to them.

I know I heard an interview with an Iraqi soldier of some rank involved in the defense of Baghdad who said that his unit didn't have chemical weapons, but that he was told the unit next to him did.

It's possible that to get his soldiers to stand in place, Saddam was issuing orders about non-existent weapons to convince his troops and their commanders that the WMD were on the way and would give them the ability to fight the Americans.

While I continue to believe that jveritas is finding evidence of the WMD and I continue to believe it will ultimately point east to Syria, I think it's necessary for the purpose of debate to look at these documents from the POV that there were no WMD (ie. if he didn't have WMD, why did he produce documents saying he did).