[AFPhys]

I hate to beef, but you forgot:

• Iraqi rockets with chemical warheads (unfilled - whew)
• Iraqi soldiers with chem suits unloading 50gal drums

What are we forgetting... I don't believe we've found (yet) chem artillery shells, but I think we may have found mortars - just don't recall that for certain.

[RonF]

I'm waiting to see what the Iraqi soldiers with chem suits unloading 50 gallon drums amounts to. Actual chemical warfare agents would rapidly degrade out in the open if poured out onto the ground. Biological agents would disperse with the wind/sandstorms to all corners of the country.

If the drums are left intact, or wired up, it may be that he intends to try to explode them once the Americans move that far.

Or, the drums could be filled with water, simply to raise the suspicion of biological/chemical agents present and to make the Americans needlessly wear their MOPP suits.