[Red Dog #1]

I'm a little worried about this one. First I absolutely believe Iraq has WMDs. But why was the plant and staff just left there? They've known for several days we would be advancing in that general direction. Is there really no central authority left in Iraq, or are we about to get egg our face? Hopefully my imagination is just working too much.

[Steven W.]

Remember that Saddam's regime is a stalinist empire. Everybody is trained to follow orders and the long history of torture & evil ensures nobody will be willing to take any initiative. These guys would never just close up shop and head to Baghdad without specific orders to do so. They may have been left frozen, not knowing what to do and scared to do anything but the status quo, whatever that was at the time (probably to stay in a secure mode attempting to protect & defend the facility).

[arkady_renko]

I agree. If it was a major Iraqi asset, wouldn't there be some Republican Gaurd troops surrounding it? Who knows - maybe things have fallen apart more than todays 'news' indicated.

A_R