Posted on 06/26/2004 12:19:17 PM PDT by wagglebee
A day after the head of the CIA weapons inspection team warned that terrorists in Iraq are trying to get their hands on the Saddam Hussein regime's chemical weapons of mass destruction, Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin reports the first attack with these weapons of mass destruction has been launched inside Baghdad's Green Zone.
Few details are available, including any casualties associated with the attack using mustard gas.
The sources say the munitions were old, but still potentially lethal.
"I think it's safe to say our little friends know where the cache is now," said one source sardonically.
The Green Zone is the area of Baghdad where the U.S.-led coalition authority established its headquarters in the immediate aftermath of the invasion in April last year.
On Thursday, Charles Duelfer, the head of the CIA weapons inspection team, said terrorists in Iraq are seeking chemical arms and expertise left over from the Hussein regime for possible use against U.S. and allied troops. He added that his team has so far found as many as a dozen chemical-filled bombs – far more than previously reported.
"What we are finding is that there are some networks that are seeking to tap into ... this expertise, and try to use it against the United States," Duelfer told Fox News Channel's Brit Hume. "And we are very concerned about that. That is a problem."
Duelfer said that investigations into arms laboratories in Iraq and interviews with former Iraqi arms specialists revealed that "former experts in the country's weapons of mass destruction program are being recruited by anti-coalition groups."
"They are being paid by anti-coalition groups," he said. "We're seeing interest in developing chemical munitions."
Asked whether anything suggests that insurgents actually are getting the expertise or may be ready to use it, Duelfer said: "We want to follow that very, very closely."
Duelfer expressed special concern that al-Qaida associate Abu Musab Zarqawi will acquire and use chemical weapons. Zarqawi, he said, "is one bad actor, and if he gets his hands on it, he'll use it."
The Jordanian-born Islamist, believed to be the leader of the foreign insurgents in Iraq, is known to be a specialist in bomb making. U.S. officials believe al-Zarqawi was behind the coordinated attacks earlier this week that killed at least 100 people and wounded about 320.
Duelfer said his inspection team has uncovered bombs filled with blistering mustard gas or the nerve agent sarin.
"We're not sure how many more are out there that haven't been found, but we've found 10 or 12 sarin and mustard rounds," he said. "I'm reluctant to judge what that means at this point, but there's other aspects of the program which we still have to flush out."
In May, U.S. military officials found a bomb containing chemicals to form sarin gas and another with a mustard agent – weapons Saddam was required to destroy under U.S. sanctions and terms of the cease-fire from the 1990-91 Gulf war.
The Washington Times reports military officials have uncovered about 8,700 weapons depots and continue to find new ones. They estimate the weapons depots in Iraq contain between 650,000 and 1 million tons of arms, which are believed to be a source for anti-coalition forces.
But I thought the 'Rats said that there were no WMDs in Iraq.
Japanese WWII weapons cache was found in china about a week ago.
Rendering them (and this topic) trivial, meaning it should be relegated to chat.
But, seriosly, I doubt you'll see any mention of this by the leftist media because those weapons don't exist, doncha know.
There are no WMD's in Iraq. I thought we were just there for the oil.
No, I didn't. I meant "seriously".
I have no idea what seriesly means.
I'm kinda liking the new "seriosly", seriesly is getting old.
I'm series, this could be a hugh change.
I'm going to take a shower now, please keep me updated.
or to use it in a sentence:
This is Hugh, I'm series.
Oh, it's a FReeper running joke. One of many intentionally misspelled words we use...
Serious = series
Huge = hugh
There's many others.
But whatever you do, doooon't mention the moose and your sister!
But, then, I remember the media and the democrats saying that the President lied and there weren't any WMDs and the threat of terrorists getting their hands on any WMDs was really just "concocted down in Texas".
So, there actually was WMDs?
But...wait...um, that would mean that the media and the democrats are LYING SCUM THAT ARE ACTIVELY WORKING AGAINST THEIR OWN COUNTRY JUST TO PURSUE A NARROW POLITICAL INTEREST.
Well, well. That's certainly enlightening. Maybe the media will now massively cover this story and admit that the President and the administration were right along on?
</sarcasm>
I asked that question and only received "are you looged in as an answer" I gave up after that.
What he said..
Saddams weapons are now in the hands of terrorists.
And, God forbid, do NOT mention cheese!
It sets off a scientific chain reaction which results in massive postings about moose, cheese, and moose & cheese.
LoL's!!!! ROTFLMAO
Hopefully, in the next live briefing from Baghdad, they will make a point of mentioning this, with the emphasis on 'WMD-chemical weapon attack' to the press.
ALLRIGHT WHO GOOSED THE MOOSE?
That being the case, it's comforting to know that WMD don't exist.
Er, wait a minute....
I did it. I seriesly apologize for my HUGH error in judgement.
We have found these weapons..it was reported, as for the rest of the story, I call this publication Whirled Nut Daily..take it with a grain of salt.
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