Huge Chemical Weapons Facility Discovered

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[dep]

The Pentagon tells Fox News that coalition forces have taken "a huge chemical weapons factory" in Iraq. The general in charge of the factory is in custody.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Is it a chemical factory or chemical WEAPON factory?

Note the was a General in charge. Even in Iraq the don't use them to operate fertilizer plants.

[dep]

A senior pentagon official confirms has told Fox News on Sunday that coalition forces have discovered a "huge" chemical weapons factory near the Iraqi city of An Najaf, which is situated some 225 miles South of Baghdad.

found here.

dep

[oreolady]

Boy, I hope this gets out at CNNMSNBCABCCBS FAST, it is the "smoking gun" and would go a long way to begin to change minds? (and gain support for the war?)
Whatcha think?

[The_Sword_of_Groo]

[Kath]

>>>>>How soon can we get Martin Sheen, the Chixie Dicks and Hans Blix over there to verify this discovery?

Just as soon as the B-52 bombers that left Brittain today arrive in Iraq.

[Trust but Verify]

They also said they have the general in charge of the facility in custody. I'll bet we're not going to see him on TV, though.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

This cannot be! Iraq does not have weapons of mass destruction!

"The general in charge of the factory is in custody."

A General in charge of a baby formula factory? Hmmmmm.

[magua]

Blix is on the fast track to being the Neville Chamberlain of our time.

[Dec31,1999]

Please switch to sattelite to get Fox News, or get in addition to what you have, as a backup.

[GirlShortstop]

The Pentagon tells Fox News that coalition forces have taken "a huge chemical weapons factory" in Iraq.

a VICTORY bttt

[kcvl]

U.S. captures Iraqi
chemical-weapons plant
100-acre, camouflaged facility
overtaken 90 miles south of Baghdad

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Posted: March 23, 2003
4:00 p.m. Eastern



© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

U.S. forces have uncovered an illegal chemical-weapons plant in An Najaf, some 90 miles south of Baghdad, according to a report in the Jerusalem Post.

The discovery of the chemical plant was also later confirmed by Fox News.

At least 30 Iraqi troops, including a general, surrendered today to troops with the 3rd Infantry Division within minutes of U.S. forces entering the area to capture the huge sheet metal-lined chemical weapons production facility.

One U.S. soldier was wounded when a booby-trapped explosive went off at the 100-acre complex, which is surrounded by an electrical fence.

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http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31679

[jonathonandjennifer]

Is it a chemical factory or chemical WEAPON factory?

At the risk if beating this question to death, Is it a factory making chemicals to later be used in weapons or a factory where the chemicals are actually put into munitions (artilery shells, rockets, etc.). The later would be more disturbing in a tactical sense.

[esoteric]

And don't forget Susan "what did they ever do to us" Saradon.

[Kath]

What I want to know is why can our Military find this WMD factory in 4 days and the UN Inspectors could not find it in 3 months?? Could it be they weren't really looking??

[kcvl]

More "good news"...


Al-Qaeda close to producing chemical weapons
The terror group is nearly able to produce deadly anthrax bacteria, according to notes seized from Osama's No. 3 man

WASHINGTON - Al-Qaeda leaders - long known to covet biological and chemical weapons - have reached at least the threshold of production and may have manufactured some of them already.

According to evidence available to US officials, Osama bin Laden's terror network is close to being able to produce the deadly anthrax bacteria.

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It has also assembled the material necessary to make the biological toxins botulinum and salmonella as well as the poison cyanide.

The officials gleaned much of the evidence from handwritten notes and computer hard drives seized when the authorities arrested suspected Sept 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in Pakistan earlier this month.





http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/world/story/0,4386,178996,00.html

[Dec31,1999]

Muslims produce nothing but slums. They are lay abouts who expect Allah to provide them with riches. Even if true, we will all be dead and they will experience the mistaken ways on their own. The age will be as dark as you see now in those countries that adhere to this rediculous philosophy.

[Diva]

In some areas MSNBC is making an effort to break away from the anti American bias,

I've noticed this a few times as well. When I turn to another channel to see what they are reporting MSNBC has been the best I've found.

[sweetliberty]

But I thought Saddam didn't have any.

[The_Sword_of_Groo]

I like our "inspectors" better. They seem to be more persuasive.

[alnick]

Confirmed by the pentagon.