2003 UN Report: Iraq Sulfur Mustard Gas Chemical Weapons Have High Quality After 12 years of Storage

Since the story broke yesterday about finding 500 Shells of Chemical Weapons in Iraq, shells that contain Sulfur Mustard Gas or Sarin Gas, the Left and their media were quick to dismiss this extremely important find by using the lame excuse that these Chemical weapons Shells were produced before 1991 and hence its not effective anymore because it has much lower quality”. However in March 2003 UN report about Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction there is the following on page 77 (Page 79 of the pdf file), paragraph 1 of the report http://www.un.org/Depts/unmovic/documents/6mar.pdf :

“ The Sulfur Mustard contained in artillery shells that had been stored for over 12 years, had been found by UNMOVIC to be still of high purity. It is possible that viable filled artillery shells and aerial bombs still remain in Iraq.

The above form the United Nations inspectors and the darling of the Left Hans Blix totally destroy the stupid lies that the Left and their media has been spewing since the breakings new of yesterday. First the UN clearly state in March 2003 that the Mustard gas shells they found are of HIGH QUALITY even it had been STORED FOR OVER 12 YEARS. Second the UN admit that there may still VIABLE i.e. EFFECTIVE Mustrad filled artillery shell hidden in Iraq, and yesterday we learned for a fact that there were indeed 500 Mustard gas artillery shells that were found in Iraq since the removal of Saddam. Also it is safe to conclude that the Mustard Gas shells found after the war are still in high quality and highly effective Chemical weapons.

Another very important fact to add is that Saddam had LIED to the UN inspectors and the world when he said that he had destroyed ALL his Chemical Weapons and other WMD. It does not matter whether these weapons were produced before or after 1991, his job was to destroy it ALL and not hide anything not a one ounce of these WMD, he DID NOT.

"Not a year goes by when a Frenchman or two (and some of his farm animals) doesn't die from plowing up a mustard-gas shell from WORLD WAR ONE."

"You wouldn't happen to have a link to this? We need ammunition to use against the left's rebukes."

I found one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/south/series9/week_four.shtml

Here is one snippet from the second article on the link concerning the French problem with the WW1 mustard gas shells called "Bomb Danger"

Bomb danger?

Potentially deadly? Old UXBs may pose a threat
Inside Out investigates how dangerous live military shells and bombs are going missing before the Army or Police can make them safe.

Renegade military dealers and collectors are stealing 'live' chemical shells and bombs from the battlefields of Belgium and France.

They are then smuggling these potentially deadly munitions back through the Channel Tunnel or on the ferries into the UK for sale on the military black-market or on the web.

Some of the live shells going missing are toxic and contain chemicals that could kill.

Trench warfare - bombs are still being uncovered
It appears that toxic shells containing mustard gas and and phosgene were being stolen and were finding their way illegally back into the UK.

So many live bombs are unearthed by farmers, there are designated spots where they are left for collection by the military.

They may be 90-years-old and look harmless but the chemical agents can be as deadly as the day they were first made. Destroying them has to take place inside a high security lab.

The scale of the problem is frightening and with toxic agents like phosgene and mustard gas, it is dangerous work.

Thanks for the nod.
In searching for info in regards to posting of
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/us/23believers.html

"For Diehards, Search for Iraq's W.M.D. Isn't Over
By SCOTT SHANE
Published: June 23, 2006,The New York Times

WASHINGTON, June 22 — The United States government abandoned the search for unconventional weapons in Iraq long ago. But Dave Gaubatz has never given up.

Dave Gaubatz with an Iraq flag at his home in Denton, Tex. He has identified four sites where chemical weapons are said to be buried.

Mr. Gaubatz, an earnest, Arabic-speaking investigator who spent the first months of the war as an Air Force civilian in southern Iraq, has said he has identified four sites where residents said chemical weapons were buried in concrete bunkers.

The sites were never searched, he said, and he is not going to let anyone forget it.

"I just don't want the weapons to fall into the wrong hands," Mr. Gaubatz, of Denton, Tex., said." (continued)( 2 people posted this article to FREE REPUBLIC.) June 22 & 23)

I came across these two articles which you might find of similar interest and use for the future. first is 39 pages long,

William C. Potter, “Invade and Unleash?” Washington Post, September 22, 2002, p. B7.PDF]

Improvised Nuclear Devices and Nuclear TerrorismFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML

that faced in building of a gun-type HEU device. Iraq’s nuclear weapon scientists, for. example, appear to have required several years to achieve the ...

www.wmdcommission.org/files/No2.pdf - (link)

and the second on which is a A REAL EYE OPENER... (106 PAGES)

[PDF] The Military Balance in the Gulf and the Threat from IraqFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML

Prior to the Gulf War Iraq had extensive delivery systems incorporating long-range ... Several identical nuclear devices are smuggled out of the FSU through ...

www.iraqwatch.org/perspectives/ csis-milbalance-iraqthreat-2000.pdf - (link)

Pages 90 and beyond: BW-Filled and Deployed Delivery Systems... & etc.

Posting links here not only for you but for myself for the future. Thanks again.

Jveritas: This has probably been posted one time or another. However, In context of what currently going on with the regime documents and the WMD in the news it might help you corroborate one thing or another. They are exceprts from Saddam's speeches and newpapers. I hope they serve you well.

Saddam Hussein: In His Own Words

Quotes from Saddam and Iraq 's regime-controlled media

October 18, 2002

For years, Saddam Hussein and his regime have used state-controlled media in Iraq to spread lies, and threaten his neighbors and the world. Below is a sampling of quotes from Saddam and the Iraqi media -- keyed to significant events -- showing a pattern of threats stretching back more than a decade.

The Gulf War, February 1991

"We will chase Americans to every corner at all times. No high tower of steel will protect them against the fire of truth."

Saddam Hussein, Baghdad Radio, February 8, 1991

"America will not be excluded from the operations and explosions of the Arab and Muslim mujahidin and all the honest strugglers in the world."

Iraq News Agency, January 30, 1991

(State-controlled)

"What remains for Bush and his accomplices in crime is to understand that they are personally responsible for their crime. The Iraqi people will pursue them for this crime, even if they leave office and disappear into oblivion. There is no doubt they will understand what we mean if they know what revenge means to the Arabs."

Baghdad Radio, February 6, 1991

(State-controlled)

"Every Iraqi child, woman, and old man knows how to take revenge...They will avenge the pure blood that has been shed no matter how long it takes.

Baghdad Domestic Service, February 15, 1991

(State-controlled)

Iraq Masses Troops Against Kuwait , October 1994

"Does America realize the meaning of every Iraqi becoming a missile that can cross to countries and cities?" Saddam Hussein, September 29, 1994

"[W]hen peoples reach the verge of collective death, they will be able to spread death to all..." Al-Jumhuriyah, October 4, 1994

(State-controlled newspaper)

"Our striking arm will reach America, Britain and Saudi Arabia before they know what hit them."

Al-Qadisiyah, October 6, 1994

(State-controlled newspaper)

"One chemical weapon fired in a moment of despair could cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands."

Al-Quds al-Arabi, October 12, 1994

(State-controlled newspaper)

Release of UNSCOM Report, April 10, 1995

"Although Iraq 's options are limited, they exist... Iraq 's present state is that of a wounded tiger. Its blow could be painful, even if it is the last blow..."

Al-Quds Al-'Arabi, June 9, 1995

(State-controlled newspaper)

Khobar Towers Bombing, June 25, 1996

"The U.S. should send more coffins to Saudi Arabia , because no one can guess what the future has in store."

Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Radio, June 27, 1996

Operation Desert Fox, December 1998

"What is required now is to deal strong blows to U.S. and British interests. These blows should be strong enough to make them feel that their interests are indeed threatened not only by words but also in deeds."

Al-Qadisiyah, February 27, 1999

(State-controlled newspaper)

U.S.S. Cole Bombing, October 12, 2000

"Iraqis should intensify struggle and jihad in all fields and by all means..."

Iraq TV, October 22, 2000

(State-controlled)

The Attacks of September 11

"If the attacks of September 11 cost the lives of 3,000 civilians, how much will the size of losses in 50 states within 100 cities if it were attacked in the same way in which New York and Washington were? What would happen if hundreds of planes attacked American cities?"

Al-Rafidayn, September 11, 2002

(State-controlled newspaper)

"It is possible to turn to biological attack, where a small can, not bigger than the size of a hand, can be used to release viruses that affect everything..."

Babil, September 20, 2001

(State-controlled newspaper)

"The United States must get a taste of its own poison..."

Babil, October 8, 2001

"The [US] should realise that there are 25 million suicide attackers born in Baghdad and Iraq's cities, villages and desert."

January, 2003, government newspaper al-Jumhouriyah

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