Posted on 03/25/2006 11:28:53 AM PST by jveritas
Document CMPC-2004-000404 dated 2001 indicates that Saddam Regime still has an Active Chemical Platoon in Al Qadisia Air base. In fact the first page of the document lists the results open tournament i.e. open training tournament for the members of the Chemical Platoon. Page 8 and Page 9 show tables that list the status of Specialized Vehicles used by the Chemical Platoon. On the top of Page 9 the year 2001 is shown and this prooves that this document was written in 2001. Also page 8 and page 9 show the name and signature of the same guy who is the Commander of the Chemical Platoon at Al Qadisia Air Base, his name is Captain is Mohamad Taha Hassan. The remaining pages show the name of soldiers and their vacation time.
This document is a clear indication that Saddam never stopped his WMD program at least up to the year 2001 as the document show because there was still and active Chemical Platoon in Al Qadisia Air base.
Partial Translation from Page 8 that list a table of the Specialized Vehicles of the Chemical Platoon and its status
The Status of the Specialized Vehicles for the Chemical Platoon the command of Al Qadisia air base
1. The type of Vehicle: Surface vehicle, The Working Status: Working.
5. The type of vehicle: Shower vehicle, The Working Status: Working.
End of Partial Translation
The Shower Vehicle is of course used to clean the member of the Chemical Platoon from any Chemical Residuals.
I for 2!
I wonder, for some who are so concerned about "verification" = considering the very great contribution of Mr Truth - jveritas - already, =that stands on it's own -
jveritas has proven himself - let's not shoot the messenger.
Oops, I meant December 2002.
I can understand what a shower vehicle does but what does a "surface" vehicle do?
See post #11/...
Again, we thank you for your time jveritas.
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Thanks for the reply. Keep up the good work!
remember the panel trucks we found that had all the requisites for a portable chem lab - they were scrubbed clean with bleach. Remember?
These were not underground and could move quickly from one place to another - ergo, "surface"
BUT, said the libRats and their mouthpieces, the MSM, nothing supicious there...
Thank you for the time and effort you're giving to translating these doc's.
Proving once more how varied and broad are the talents of FReepers.
thanks.
a very useful skill to have these days.
is there any info on how and where and from whom the document was obtained?
CHEMICAL PLATOON:
2 RECONNAISANCE VEHICLES, WAZ (1 WORD UNCLEAR) 469 SOVIET MAKE
2 ARS-14 VEHICLES OR ARS-12 TO DECONTAMINATE EQUIPMENT,
WEAPONS, AND MATERIEL
2 DDA-53 VEHICLES
THE CHEMICAL PLATOON'S MISSION:
A) CHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE BY USING WAZ 469 VEHICLE (1 WORD
UNCLEAR) WHICH CONTAINS NUMEROUS KINDS OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE
BRANCH AND DETECTION OF CHEMICALS AND EQUIPMENT.
B) OPEN THE DECONTAMINATION STATION FOR THE BRIGADE
VEHICLES, WEAPONS, EQUIPMENT, AND PERSONS BEHIND THE BRIGADE
HQS.
C) MILITARY AND ADMINISTRATIVE LIAISON -- A CHEMICAL STAFF
OFFICER (WITH THE BRIGADE) AND A SPECIAL TECHNICIAN (DIVISION
CHEMICAL BRANCH).
WITH REGARD TO THE INFANTRY DIVISION THE CHEMICAL COMPANY
http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/declassdocs/cia/19960517/cia_65142_65142_01.html
According to a report in the Washington Post, Al-Qadissiya served as the command post for the 101st Airborne, prior to the division's movement north. The site was scheduled to be the headquarters for the Mobile Exploitation Team/75th Exploitation Task Force, the unit searching for weapons of mass destruction, but it was burned and looted in late April 2003.
Key Sources: UN inspection data; Barton Gellman, "Looting is Double Loss for U.S. Forces," Washington Post, 28 April 2003, p. A12.
great find!!
Outstanding work, as usual. Thanks.
GOD bless you sir!
LLS
God bless you cousin, keep up the good work.
Thank you very much. God bless our brave troops.
this is the first time i've read one of his translations--i didn't even realize he had done the translation himself until he told me.
the reason for asking about verification, is that i like to know specifics before i say to someone that it has been proven that Saddam had wmd when the US armed forces were sent in.
i assume that saddam had all sorts of evil weapons, and that he probably got them out of the country or buried them, but it's always helpful to know where a document comes from.
i also think, that if i were saddam, and i was concerned with someone finding out about my wmd, i might call my chemical warfare unit something else, like "Iraqi humanitarian aid platoon".
I want to add my thanks for the work you are doing...it is vital that we know what happened...
I am one that believes he had them...and sent them away before we got there.
Of course, when you have Senators going to all of the neighoring countries and warning them of an attack BEFORE Bush has even called for one...it gave Saddam, Russia, France...plenty of time to get them out of the country.
Sounds defensive.
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