[rintense]

.Jim Miklaszewski said that Iraq is moving artillery pieces to the Kuwait border,for a possible anthrax launch on Kuwait City-which could be devastating for the civilians and US troops.The Iraqi scuds may contain sarin gas,bringing 3,000 possible deaths to Tel Aviv and 30,000 injured.

If this proves to be true, and US intell should know, then Saddam has just given us a reason to pre-empt his pre-emptive attack.

[duk]

I don't think these scuds can really deliver NBC warheads very effectively based on the weight of the warhead in each missle. If hit by a patriot anti-missle they fall short and possibly don't work at all.
My concern is that the Iraqis will load them up as a dirty nuke. It won't matter if they are shot down or miss the target, damage is done and will spread in the summer winds.
The dirty nuke in a scud will work well against Kuwait or Isreal.

[Edmund Burke]

"Incidents" are usually used as a propaganda ploy to gain public support for an attack. Remember how WWII started? German troops, disguised in Polish uniforms, attacked a German army post near the border killing several German soldiers. This "incident" gave Hitler the pretext he thought he needed to launch the massive attack on Poland.

[PhiKapMom]

Remember what an odd day it was today from the President and then Ari. Neither seemed liked themselves first with the President accepting the shamrocks and then Ari's press conference.

Maybe we are in the real countdown now!

[tomahawk]

Can you say "sea of glass"? That is what happens to Tikrit, Saddam's digs, if he does this sarin or anthrax on our boys.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

" If this proves to be true, and US intell should know, then Saddam has just given us a reason to pre-empt his pre-emptive attack."

My thoughts,exactly.