CAPTURED FOES FOUND WITH CHEM-WAR GEAR

New York Post ^ | 3/25/03 | DEBORAH ORIN

[kattracks]

March 25, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - Some Iraqi troops had up-to-date chemical-weapons equipment when they surrendered - a warning sign that Saddam Hussein's forces are ready to use the dread arms, a new report says.

They had old guns but 2002 gas masks, chemical decontamination kits and atropine - an antidote for nerve gas, reported CBS correspondent Jim Axelrod, traveling with the Army's 3d Infantry Division south of Karbala.

[Sabertooth]

Thanks for cathcing this.

[The Raven]

If we should bomb a weapons cache - the stuff emits.

[FreedomPoster]

But Hans Blix said he couldn't find any, so that can't happen, can it?

[MeekOneGOP]

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Can't be, kattracks... Hans Blix told us that he hadn't found any chemical weapons... And that world opinion would go negative on Iraq and Saddam if they were ever used. This report must be false... </sarcasm>

[harpseal]

The latest infobabble from the news stations is that there is a line which allied troops will cross and the Iraqis will use chemical weapons. I have no idea if this is true or not but it does seem to go along with a strategy of getting allied forces so closely engaged with the Iraqis that we can not use tactical nukes in retaliation without massive civilian casualties. It also conforms to Saddam's past bluster. All in all I would say it is at least reasonably probable the Iraqis will use chemical weapons when we are fully engaged and about to enter Baghdad.

The question is "Will Iraqi supplied terrorists use chemical or biological weapons inside the USA in coordination with this use of Chemical weapons?"

[TomB]

The latest infobabble from the news stations is that there is a line which allied troops will cross and the Iraqis will use chemical weapons.

I think the term they are using is "tripwire".

Be prepared, now that "shock and awe" is passe, to hear "tripwire" a million times an hour.

[randita]

It would be a big gamble for them to use WMD. They might hope that the devastation would be so great that the public outcry in the U.S. would be to evacuate--that it wouldn't be worth the risk to our soldiers to continue. By holding off using them but with the threat there, they are buying time--time for the coalition to fall apart or some other world event to divert our attention.

But if the Iraqis are cornered like rats with no possibility of escape, I think out of blind rage and hatred, they would resort to a scorched earth plan, killing themselves, any civilians who happen to be in the way and as many allies as they could.

[Napoleon Solo]

"They had old guns but 2002 gas masks, chemical decontamination kits and atropine - an antidote for nerve gas, reported CBS correspondent Jim Axelrod, traveling with the Army's 3d Infantry Division south of Karbala."

First, start with where these masks and kits are coming from and then work backwards and you will find who our friends really are that are assisting this enemy!!

[Xphantasos]

Question regarding some of the possible chemical agents that might be used... are they "heavy" enough to stay around once deployed? Or is it being witheld at the moment due to reported desert winds and sand storms that might blow the stuff back right at the Iraq troops?
Thanks.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[Coop]

Question regarding some of the possible chemical agents that might be used... are they "heavy" enough to stay around once deployed?

It completely depends. Some agents are persistent (stay active for a while), while other non-persistent ones don't last long at all once dispersed.

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping...

[smith288]

How is them wearing chem suits NOT a smoking gun?

[finnman69]

bump

[Xphantasos]

Thanks for the info.

[faithincowboys]

no, not them. they don't have any chem weapons.

didn't hans and the french assure us of that?

sickening!!

[Mark17]

KSFO radio in San Francisco just reported uranium was found hidden in a swimming pool north of Baghdad. I do not know if it is true, I just know KSFO reported it.

[faithincowboys]

How could this happen? mohammad el baradei said the iraqis were pure. well, whatever mohammad says must be true.

i am puking all over my keyboard right about now!