Iraqi defector says Saddam Hussein will use chemical weapons if the country is invaded

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[Jimmyclyde]

SOLDIER'S CHILLING WARNING

An Iraqi defector has told Sky News that Saddam Hussein will use chemical weapons if the country is invaded.

His warning comes amid revelations Saddam Hussein may be planning to use pilotless drone planes to spray British and US troops with anthrax and sarin gas if they attack.

In an exclusive interview, the officer with Saddam's elite Republican Guard, said the use of chemical weapons by Iraq was "100% guaranteed".

The 26-year-old soldier defected 10 days ago near the city of Sulaymaniyah in Northern Iraq.

Weapons

He is being guarded in a safe house and is said to have provided valuable intelligence to authorities.

"A chemical attack is guaranteed," he warned.

"We have been fully provided with complete protection gear, gas masks, first aid kit, injections."

In the 1991 war, Saddam Hussein deployed his chemical weapons but they were not used.

"We are sure about the chemical bombardment," said the defector, whose identity is being protected.

"In the last stage, he will use it as a last resort."

Fierce

He said Republican Guard soldiers will put up a fierce fight.

"When it is time for war we are fully prepared to fight into the ground. If we don't fight hard, they will execute us," he said.

The defector said Baghdad was full of loyal troops and special forces and the city would see heavy fighting.

"In Baghdad there will be a lot of killing," he added.

Warheads

The suspected plot by Saddam to drop chemical weapons on attacking troops emerged following chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix's 173-page report to the UN Security Council.

The report listed details of missing weapons which Iraq had not accounted for.

They include 50 Scud B warheads and 6,500 bombs laced with chemical weapons, VX nerve agents and anthrax

[jpl]

His warning comes amid revelations Saddam Hussein may be planning to use pilotless drone planes to spray British and US troops with anthrax and sarin gas if they attack.

ROTFLMAO! Even if he does have some UAVs, they're going to be blown out of the sky before they get anywhere near our ground troops.

[DoughtyOne]

Of course, it's much easier to believe the United States is evil than that poor mistreated Saddam Hussein.

The world is upside down for some, by no means all.

[CyberAnt]

WHAT! Chemical weapons - I thought Iraq didn't have any ...?? \sarcasm

[WaveThatFlag]

Based on his last message, I won't be getting any more responses out of him until this is over.

[aquawrench]

I think Saddam will gas his own people. He is going to exterminate Baghdad and blame it on us. The closet communists will then come out and blame the US via their mouthpiece, the liberal media.

[EODGUY]

I made this comment on the other thread regarding this issue:


SOLDIER'S CHILLING WARNING

Posted by EODGUY to maquiladora
On News/Activism 03/10/2003 11:04 PM CST #96 of 96

I haven't read all the comments, so if my hypothesis has already been made, I apologize.

Is it possible that this military officer was "allowed" to defect and provide the info he did in order to stimulate even more anti-war sentiment and anti-Bush action around the world?

Having been in our military, I question how disguising the officer for the interview to protect his family in Iraq would make any sense. Unless accountability is much more relaxed in the Iraqi military, it should be relatively easy to identify an officer who is absent from his assigned duty position.

I know it sounds a little like a tinfoil hat comment, but the entire situation has a strange odor about it.