Even up to the point that US forces were driving toward the Kabala Pass, Saddam had so compartmentalized his military that senior military commanders were not sure or not if Iraq had chemical or biological weapons. It was only after the US Marine Expeditioary passed through Karbala that Saddam Hussein told his own senior military commanders that they indeed did NOT have WMD. He had up until that time maintained the Chemical Platoons to reassure his military, and to threaten the Kurds and Iranians, with their assumptions made about Iraq's WMD capabilities.
The Chemical Platoons described in jveritas' previous post today has the same platoon composition as has been the standard Chemical platoon for the Iraqi military since 1983.
The purchase of the Belgian chemical protection equipment was a rouse to fool senior Iraqi commanders and the outside world...
Interesting scenario and would be supported by the AP's "poor frustrated Saddam" reporting on the tapes where Saddam and other officials say they have no chemical weapons.
That presumes that stories of WMD being moved to Syria are false. Their is a hypothetical that allows both to be true. Perhaps Saddam did not have artillery WMD munitions, but did have WMD munitions deliverable by plane or helicopter. So therefore, the artillery was a rouse, but the air munitions were taken to Syria. He was not able to use his air force due his loss of control of all airspace. And any planes or helicopters were taken out during the initial air strikes. That may explain why the Soviets gave up and moved them out, hypothetically.
So President Bush did not lie to us about Iraq WMD's if these two documents are telling about Chemical activities and even if we assume that its purpose were to fool his military and make them think that they still have WMD. If his military was deceived by him on the WMD issue all the way till the end, then the "Left Lie" that President Bush lied to us on Iraq WMD is being destroyed more and more by these documents.