[merrin]

I have no idea what they werre handling, or why they were wearing chem suits. But I can't imagine that troops in the field would be sent big barrels of chemical weapons, any more than they are sent buckets of high explosive for their grenades.

[Green]

There's a lot that this regime has done that hasn't made one wit of sense. Good grief....shooting at a tank with an AK47? I don't look for logic to guide anything they do.

[Tree of Liberty]

One of the analysts on Fox a couple days ago (I think it was David Christian) said that it's standard Soviet doctrine to put these chemical barrels at the flanks of a mine field. As we approach, a tank on the other side would fire at the barrels, causing the CW to disperse. That would force us to go straight into the mines if we continued to advance.

[bamacsl]

Saw a talking head analyst the other day that stated that the munitions were loaded with the bio/chem material just before use. The munitions are stored empty of the bad stuff. Sounded like a technical operation.

[rolling_stone]

I have no idea what they werre handling, or why they were wearing chem suits. But I can't imagine that troops in the field would be sent big barrels of chemical weapons, any more than they are sent buckets of high explosive for their grenades.

Well it is possible the chemicals were being transported from factories to another site to assemble the munitions....not enough info for conclusion IMO...as for the chem suits and drums, could be psyops or could be the real thing..did they think we could observe them? where & how did the intel take place could it have been a set up to slow down our troops? How about Iraq using non-lethal chemicals that nonetheless set off chemical warnings forcing our troops to suit up and be handicapped as such? Personally I think Sadaam (or his ghost) has them and if he thinks he can use them effetively and has his back to the wall, he will use them, but they will backfire big time. JMHO.