Iraq has 157 chemical bombs: Pentagon

The Times of India ^ | Augustus 26 2002

[knighthawk]

WASHINGTON: Iraq has 157 bombs and 25 missile warheads suitable for germ agents anthrax, aflatoxin and botulinum, says a new Pentagon paper circulated among key allies and US lawmakers on Baghad's capability on Weapons of Mass Desstruction (WMD).

As the US debates on whether it should invade Iraq and if President George W Bush needs the Congress' approval for the same, the Pentagon paper maintains that Iraq has the "ability" to use chemical weapons in a battle.

On Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons capability, it said "it is unclear as to how close Baghdad was to building nuclear weapons." Outside analysts, have however, suggested that Iraq is two years away from acquiring a nuclear weapon capability.

Opinion is sharply divided on the desirability and the need to engage in a new Gulf War -- this time possibly without allies except possibly Britain and against the opposition of the Arab world, Russia and China.

Democrats on the whole oppose a war. The Republicans, the President's party, are divided. In debates on television on Sunday, Republican Chief Whip Congressman Tom DeLay urged quick preemptive action against Saddam Hussein and said those advocating a go-slow approach were appeasers. DeLay reiterated his view on Fox News TV.

[Sub-Driver]

Abord the USS Wyoming SSBN 742, somewhere in the Pacific - "Weapons Officer, This is CO, The National Command Authority has given us permission - Spin up the gyro's"

[JMJ333]

The reason why he used a dog to symbolize Europe is because they found some tapes in Afghanistan [I think] that showed them testing Iraqi manufactured gas on dogs. Yes...very effective cartoon.

[Miss Marple]

Here is some additional information you may not be seeing in the Australian press.