Dutch Marines Say Shells Found in Iraq Contain No Biological or Chemical Agents

TBO ^ | 11/5/03

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Dutch marines said Wednesday that several dozen artillery shells discovered last month in Iraq contain no biological or chemical agents. The 130-mm artillery shells, which dated back to the 1991 Gulf War, were found just north of the town of Samawah in the Dutch-monitored al-Muthana province on Oct. 8.

The shells were initially considered suspect because they showed signs of discoloring. They will undergo more tests by British and American experts.

Marines spokesman Albert Markus said "testing until now has shown no signs of chemical or biological weapons."

Around 1,100 Dutch marines have been in the region since August under the British-led stabilization force. They have been clearing munitions in throughout parts of southern Iraq.

The Netherlands was not involved in combat operations during the Iraqi war, but gave political support to the United States and provided Turkey with Patriot anti-missile systems.

[Dilbert56]

Generalissimo Fansisco Franco is still dead.

[astounded]

Of course, because those Dutch Marines are part of the "fraudulent" coalition that GWB and his advisors put together to prosecute the Iraqi front, nothing they say or find can be considered valid, correct?

[PISANO]

Correct, unless of course, as in this case, they don't find WMD, then they will be considered, RELIABLE!

[Arrowhead1952]

I received an email from a friend that went something like this:

We went to the kitchen looking for a cup of coffee.
We found a coffee maker.
We found a coffee maker filters.
We found coffee grounds.
We found a measuring cup in the coffee grounds.
We found water in the kitchen.
We found coffee cups.

We did not find a cup of coffee yet.

This is what is going on in Iraq.

[Montfort]

We have not found Saddam Hussein, either. Therefore he does not exist. Furthermore, he never existed, and was merely a figment of George Bush's imagination, created during a meeting in Texas.

[kellynla]

Again, as has been stated repeatedly, the amount of WMD that we are looking for would fit in anyone's two car garage in an area the size of California. And the chances are they will never be found. But I am certainly glad we are in control of Iraq today instead of Saddass. Semper Fi