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Posted on 01/10/2004 8:20:59 AM PST by knighthawk
Danish troops have found suspicious mortar shells in southern Iraq and plan to test them to see if they could be chemical weapons, military officials said.
A Danish official in the city of Basra said troops had uncovered 36 120milimetre mortars on Friday and had asked British specialists to analyse them.
"The first inspections have shown that the mortars contain some liquid," he said.
"We don't now what sort of liquid or the age of the mortars."
He said soldiers had cleared the area where the weapons were found.
There are several hundred Danish soldiers working with a British-led multinational force responsible for security in southern Iraq.
The US administration had cited the threat of illicit weapons of mass destruction as a principle reason for launching war on Iraq in March of last year.
But no such weapons have been found so far.
The United States earlier this month pulled out a 400 member military team specialising in the disposal of weapons of mass destruction from Iraq in what the New York Times said was "a sign that administration might have lowered its sights" and viewed it as less likely that such weapons would be found.
But the White House played down the move, saying that the group focused on hunting weapons was remaining in Iraq.
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~sarcasm off~
A Danish official in the city of Basra said troops had uncovered 36 120mm mortars on Friday and had asked British specialists to analyze them.
"The first inspections have shown that the mortars contain some liquid," he said. "We don't now what sort of liquid or the age of the mortars."
In Baghdad, the U.S. military said the mortar rounds had been found buried 45 miles south of Al-Amara, north of Basra.
"Most were wrapped in plastic bags, and some were leaking," Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt told a news conference, adding that it was likely the weapons were left over from the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.
There are several hundred Danish soldiers working with a British-led multinational force responsible for security in southern Iraq.
The U.S. administration had cited the threat of illicit weapons of mass destruction as a principle reason for launching war on Iraq in March last year. But no such weapons have been found so far.
The United States earlier this month pulled out a 400-member military team specializing in the disposal of weapons of mass destruction from Iraq in what the New York Times said was "a sign that administration might have lowered its sights" and viewed it as less likely that such weapons would be found.
But the White House played down the move, saying that the group focused on hunting weapons was remaining in Iraq.
Although the wrapped in plastic is most likely to protect the missles from weathering, just the fact that there are BURIED missiles added to the BURIED planes added to the BURIED Saddam says "Underground" and everyone's notation that we ain't going to find them except by accident or through a snitch will hold true. For all we know, all the snitches were immediately shot when we were on the road to Baghdad.
And then there's the "Buried under a Rosebush" item. Wonder what the name of the Rose was?? Think I'd be looking for a Rosebush trail......ROSEBUD!!!!!!
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