Chemical arms moved to Republican Guard, Iraqi POWs say

NYT via Star Tribune ^ | Mar 28, 2003 | Bernard Weinraub

[Diddley]

Statements from Iraqi prisoners of war and electronic eavesdropping on Iraqi government communications indicate that Saddam Hussein has moved chemical weapons to the Medina Division, one of three Republican Guard divisions guarding the approaches to Baghdad, Army officials have said.

[Diddley]

"Saddam Hussein has moved chemical weapons to the Medina Division."
Monitoring the movement of chemical weapons was difficult because Saddam often hides chemical pellets inside bunkers that carry conventional armaments.
American forces might receive an early warning if satellite photos picked up Iraqi units wearing protective gear.

[bonfire]

This might be what Rick Leveanthal of FOX was talking about??

[Wphile]

Whoa. This is getting really scary now.

No wonder Hans Blix decided to resign.

God protect our troops!

[HiTech RedNeck]

officers said Saddam might be calculating that the step would actually turn to his advantage and stunt the American assault

How much time between when the first chem bomb hits and when we send a nuke cruise missile to where it originated.

[MHGinTN]

Carpet bomb the entire Medina infested region, then bomb them again following assessment of damage, then drive to Baghdad as the bombs fall on the Hammurabi Division.

[Dialup Llama]

If somehow an operation could get proof of WMDs, Sadaam would crumble. If anyone really has a current location for WMDs, they should make use of that intell.

[Centurion2000]

Well, if they use them. Let's nuke the Medina division .. and then then Medina city as a warning to the rest of the Arabs.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Would there perhaps be some way we could "sniff" the stuff out, knowing its general nature and general location. Such as with chemical detectors or dogs.

[mercy]

Oh COME ON! Nuke the son of a bitch. Who cares about world opinion. They use WMD we have the right to use nukes. Let's finish this.

[DuncanWaring]

This might be what Rick Leveanthal of FOX was talking about??

I think it's related but not the same.

[spunkets]

They should use napalm. It burns that stuff up and won't have such a lasting effect. In fact, I think the fires around Baghdad are intended to act as a filter and burn up whatever slime clouds wander towards the city.

[Swiss]

Bush should make it clear that any Chemical Attack and from this point on we dip all bullets in pig's blood and no Iraq soldiers is going to Paradise.

They don't fear nukes like they fear pork.

[Mo1]

Military officials said that, in the event of a chemical attack, American forces might receive an early warning if satellite photos picked up Iraqi units wearing protective gear against chemicals at a weapons site.

Could this be the reason he keeps lighting the oil pits around Bagdad?

[bart99]

Ummmmmm

I think since we are within probably 30 miles of the Republican Guard, a nuke would probably affect us as well.

I think a few MOABS would do just fine on all that artillery.

[Wphile]

Could be. The whole scenario scares the living daylights out of me.

I'm going to bed.

[dila813]

15 mins

[fhayek]

Maybe this is a stupid question, but if we bombarded the arsenals where chemical weapons are stored, wouldn't this cause the chemical agents to escape, killing iraqi troops in the area?

[dila813]

No, lets Nuke France, after all, if it wasn't for them we wouldn't be in this position.

[thermodynamics]

Agreed... MOAB would be perfect. Let's toss one and see what happens with the new toy. We're on the edge here. We've GOT to be proactive and kill these pigs first!