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'CHEMICAL SHELLS FOUND' (Hello Mr. Blix!)
Sky News ^
| 13 April, 2003
Posted on 04/13/2003 9:34:08 AM PDT by Happy2BMe
'CHEMICAL SHELLS FOUND' |
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US Marines have discovered 278 artillery shells carrying a substance that tested positive as a blistering agent, senior officers have said.Major Stephen Armes, of the Marines 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, said the shells were found in trailers parked in a schoolyard.
Three were mounted on launchers, he said.
But the battalion commander said more tests were required before any conclusions could be drawn.
Coalition forces have yet to find any evidence of chemical weapons since launching the war in Iraq on March 20.
All the alleged finds have so far turned out to be false upon further analysis.
But military commanders remain confident they will eventually uncover weapons of mass destruction.
They say thousands of sites have to be searched and it is only a matter of time.
"I have not found any that I have absolutely satisfied myself are...weapon of mass destruction materials," Coalition commander General Tommy Franks told reporters.
"But you're talking about 2,000, 3,000 perhaps, places in this country where we know we're going to go and investigate each one of them.
"We may have...somewhere between five and 10 and 15 site exploitations ongoing in a 24-hour period of time."
In some of these cases the testing could take up to three weeks or more, he added.
TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: chemicalweapons; found; illegalweapons; iraq; shells; wmd
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To: Happy2BMe
When you look at the bottom of a post, it says "TO and a number" (to the post being replied to).
I was thanking you for posting the political cartoon.
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posted on
04/13/2003 10:38:32 PM PDT
by
JudyB1938
(It's a wild world. There's a lot of bad and beware.)
To: clamboat
Good, we do actually have one.
Preliminary testing gave us indications of a nerve agent.
Later testings confirmed a nerve agent, but in concentrations designed to kill insects.
The military reported it, Fox repeated what they were told from the military.
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posted on
04/14/2003 5:26:18 AM PDT
by
Maelstrom
(To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
To: clamboat
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posted on
04/14/2003 5:27:41 AM PDT
by
Maelstrom
(To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
To: mass55th
I haven't heard that our military has yet declared any of the stuff found to NOT be WMD.
Yes drums of chemicals found at an agricultural center reported by the media as chemical weapons were confirmed by our military as insecticide.
Our military will not be stating unequivocally that chemical weapons have been found until tests have confirmed that they are in fact chemical weapons. Fortunately our military has a much higher standard of reporting than our news media.
To: R. Scott
were confirmed by our military as insecticide.That is not correct. It may well turn out to be. You may be thinking of the drums above ground, not the ones in a trench, hidden underground. But even the above ground drums have not been confirmed to be anything, whether pesticide or something more sinister. All test results are pending.
And please note, I am not leaping to conclusions----in either direction.
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posted on
04/14/2003 7:26:00 AM PDT
by
cyncooper
(thousands of cheering Iraqis yelled, "America, America, America," and "Bush, Bush, Bush.")
To: R. Scott
"Yes drums of chemicals found at an agricultural center reported by the media as chemical weapons were confirmed by our military as insecticide."
I was under the impression that samples of these were sent to the US for further testing, but that no findings have been released yet. Can you provide a link to the source of the military's findings on these chemicals?
To: Support Free Republic
ugh! poor chelsea never had a chance.
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posted on
04/14/2003 7:31:58 AM PDT
by
I'm ALL Right!
("For he is no fool who would give what he cannot keep to buy what he can never lose." - Jim Elliot)
To: mass55th
I see certain media did their job well, spreading disinformation. Again, you are correct. Samples were, or are in the process of being, sent to the U.S. for tests.
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posted on
04/14/2003 7:36:53 AM PDT
by
cyncooper
(thousands of cheering Iraqis yelled, "America, America, America," and "Bush, Bush, Bush.")
To: Minutemen
Bagdad Bob said this was "just" pesticide. They shot the artillery at the locusts and blew the shite out of them. That's why there is "pesticide" (blistering agents) in the warheads. (Most gullible award alert)
To: mass55th
I doubt I could find a link to old news but the pentagon briefing shortly after the find at the agricultural center stated they were pesticides. The word isnt back yet (that Ive heard) on the rest of the sites although concealed and buried caches dont sound much like pesticides.
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