[arkady_renko]

Looters already had stripped the vehicles of their tires and other portable equipment. But inside were charts listing various dosage levels, a workstation in the back, and in the middle what appeared to be a giant, Russian-made mixing device.

Local residents said the material was dumped at the location by Iraqi troops the day after U.S. forces took Baghdad. They said an Iraqi officer stayed behind and stood watch over the material for two more days.

Must have wanted to be sure that nobody mis-used the pesticides in the drums...

A_R

[ohioWfan]

The timing is most interesting.

Dumped by Iraqi troops the day after Baghdad fell?

Seems a bit curious to hide 'bug-killer' and guard it for more than two days when you know your country is in the hands of the infidels, does it not?

[John H K]

This seems much more promising than previous finds.

And they DID end up finding pesticides at the FIRST ballyhooed site; it was an agricultural station, and the drums were rusting, and in more of a trench than "buried."

This seems like a far more military site.

[Bigg Red]

Must have wanted to be sure that nobody mis-used the pesticides in the drums...

Of course, you wouldn't want the innocent cockroaches to be killed by mistake.