[jerseygirl]

Meanwhile- this is developing:


Rebels vow to use chemical weapons
Hala Jaber, Baghdad
November 01, 2004



AS the US reeled from the death of nine marines in Iraq at the weekend, insurgents in Fallujah claimed to have obtained chemical weapons and threatened to use them in any battle for control of the rebel stronghold.

Rebel commanders said chemicals such as cyanide had been added to mortar rounds and missiles that would be deployed against coalition troops reported to be preparing for a major assault on the town west of Baghdad.

A military committee made up of former officers in Saddam Hussein's army, including experts on chemicals and guerrilla warfare, is said to have been organising forces in Fallujah and planning tactics.

The committee is understood to include members of all the main insurgent groups, including that of Iraq's most wanted man, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the terrorist leader behind the beheading of several foreign hostages and a string of car-bomb attacks.

The US suffered its worst day in Iraq since May when the marines were killed as violence flared across Iraq's rebel heartland.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.a...55E2703,00.html

[jstolzen]

Gee..I thought Saddam "didn't have WMD".

How on earth can the insurgents use chem weapons in the Fallujah battle, then?

Oh, never mind.

[ExSoldier]

That's okay, US troops have been training for chemical war for decades and it's like second nature now. I don't think they know what they're getting themselves into. It's one thing to have the weapon and another to properly set it off, especially if in the form of ordnance. And quite something else to protect your own guys in case of a wind shift.....