U.N. Report Warns of (Iraq) Chemical Arms Peril

AP ^ | June 5 2007 | EDITH M. LEDERER

[ASC2006]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Attacks in Iraq using chlorine and explosives to kill and injure civilians underline the danger of insurgents obtaining chemicals and other toxic agents to use as weapons, U.N. inspectors said Tuesday.

Small amounts of biological agents for bioterrorism or even criminal activities also could be produced in Iraq's research or diagnostic laboratories or at clandestine sites, the report said.

In its quarterly report to the Security Council, the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission said there had been at least 10 reported attacks in Iraq using various quantities of chlorine, "while several other attempted attacks using chlorine and other toxic products have reportedly been foiled by the security forces."

"Given the current security situation in Iraq, it is possible that some non-state actors will continue to seek to acquire toxic agents or their chemical precursors in small quantities," it said. "In addition to using the available supplies of chlorine spread throughout Iraq, non-state actors could also seek to acquire other, more toxic agents that are either indigenously produced or procured from abroad."

Iraq has hundreds of scientific and technical personnel who were involved in past chemical weapons programs under Saddam Hussein's regime and know where to buy chemicals to produce small quantities of chemical warfare agents, it said. Civilian equipment easily turned to producing chemical agents also might still be intact, the report said.

It also said chemical munitions from the Saddam Hussein era could still be in Iraq. Artillery shells containing deadly mustard gas might still be active, it warned, but said rocket warheads filled with nerve agents would be less of a threat today because of deterioration.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

2 words conspicuously missing from this “report”.

Syria and Iran

[Minutemen]

Naw, none of that stuff could be true!

[WesternPacific]

... chemical munitions from the Saddam Hussein era could still be in Iraq

Finally getting around to admitting and reporting this bit of information.

[naturalman1975]

ping

[rdl6989]

It’ll be interesting to see how the MSM says there is and isn’t WMD in Iraq.

[holden]

The obvious is already before us; phosgene gas was notoriously used as a WMD in World War I, causing over 18 thousand casualties, often in trenches between 1916 and 1918.

The chlorine mentioned in this article evokes merely a carelessly or perhaps shamefully misused pool chemical.

Phosgene gas is, of course, the gas released from chlorine whenever the liquid is above 47ºF.

HF

[darth]

I expect a bio attack here in the U.S.A. by islamonazis sooner or later. There are a lot of muslim doctors, milk factory workers, biolab techs, etc. It only takes one lone jihadi.