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Chemical arms moved to Republican Guard, Iraqi POWs say
NYT via Star Tribune ^ | Mar 28, 2003 | Bernard Weinraub

Posted on 03/27/2003 10:39:52 PM PST by Diddley

Edited on 04/13/2004 3:38:44 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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To: Swiss
How right you are!
21 posted on 03/27/2003 11:05:13 PM PST by dila813
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To: Wphile
Hang in there .. our military is preparing for all possibilities ..

But they could use more prayers
22 posted on 03/27/2003 11:05:43 PM PST by Mo1
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To: Diddley
Walp, our using WMD on Baghdad is ZERO - NATTA - NO WAY JOSE!

The ancient art of seige is about to commence.

Any bets on how long the slums of ragdad can hold out?

BTW: This action (if deployed by the ragheads) will incur immediate retribution throughout the rest of ragdad land on opposing forces.

23 posted on 03/27/2003 11:06:58 PM PST by Happy2BMe (HOLLYWOOD:Ask not what U can do for your country, ask what U can do for Iraq!)
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To: Wphile
No wonder Hans Blix decided to resign.


when did this happen????
24 posted on 03/27/2003 11:07:19 PM PST by boxerblues (God bless the 101st and keep them safe)
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To: MHGinTN
Surround the city & send in a thousand snipers... They'll be out in a week...
25 posted on 03/27/2003 11:09:03 PM PST by maxamillion
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To: Diddley
[Although deployment of the weapons would give the lie to Saddam's denial that he had them, officers said Saddam might be calculating that the step would actually turn to his advantage and stunt the American assault.]

And, as a psychopath, he would believe this.

26 posted on 03/27/2003 11:09:18 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Open the pod bay door HAL.)
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To: fhayek
wouldn't this cause the chemical agents to escape, killing iraqi troops in the area?

And maybe our troops that are in the area ..

27 posted on 03/27/2003 11:09:27 PM PST by Mo1
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To: Centurion2000
Well, if they use them. Let's nuke the Medina division ..

Agreed.

28 posted on 03/27/2003 11:10:45 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Open the pod bay door HAL.)
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To: Happy2BMe
BTW: This action (if deployed by the ragheads) will incur immediate retribution throughout the rest of ragdad land on opposing forces.

I'm unclear on what you mean by this.

29 posted on 03/27/2003 11:11:02 PM PST by Diddley (Liberals: If you have a good story, why lie?)
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To: Mo1
Well, that thought crossed my mind as well.
30 posted on 03/27/2003 11:13:48 PM PST by fhayek
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To: fhayek
Our troops have the better chem suits and everyone is in them now. First priority will be to evacuate them.

Of course knowing those SOBs they will have their chem weapons stashed in nurseries and hospitals.
31 posted on 03/27/2003 11:17:30 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck
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To: boxerblues
No wonder Hans Blix decided to resign.

when did this happen????

Blix resigned

32 posted on 03/27/2003 11:19:33 PM PST by Justice
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To: boxerblues
Today, but it's not effective until July.
33 posted on 03/27/2003 11:20:11 PM PST by Eva
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To: HiTech RedNeck
You know what'll happen. We'll blow up their chemical weapons depot, unleasing dangerous chemical agents in a given area. Thousands of Iraqis will die, and the Iraqis will claim the U.S. is using chemical weapons on Iraq. Watch and see.
34 posted on 03/27/2003 11:20:17 PM PST by fhayek
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To: fhayek
Better than our troops getting it...makes cleaning the vermin out of bagdad (sp-whatever) easier.
35 posted on 03/27/2003 11:21:59 PM PST by Justice
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To: Diddley
BTW: This action (if deployed by the ragheads) will incur immediate retribution throughout the rest of ragdad land on opposing forces.

I'm unclear on what you mean by this.

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If we get hit with WMD out of Baghdad, we cannot retaliate "in-kind"

At least not ON Baghdad. However, just as we determined in WWII that more lives would be saved and the war would be shortened by at least six months by nuking Nagasaki and Hiroshima, THAT option would be wide open on any remaining large pockets of eneemy forces.

The problem with THAT is there essentially are no other large pockets of resistence other than Baghdad and Basra - which are both off limits to being nuked due to civilian casualties (and rightfully so).

The daisy-cutter and new MOAB options are the only thing left THIS SIDE of nuclear.

36 posted on 03/27/2003 11:24:32 PM PST by Happy2BMe (HOLLYWOOD:Ask not what U can do for your country, ask what U can do for Iraq!)
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To: Eva
thanks found the article......thought maybe the little rat decided to tuck tail and run now before the he can be blamed for anything that happens.
37 posted on 03/27/2003 11:26:04 PM PST by boxerblues (God bless the 101st and keep them safe)
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To: Diddley
I assume that our gnomes out in Los Alamos have been busily constructing neutron bombs of the appropriate yield for battlefield use if the lid is taken off the WMD bunker by the Iraqis.

I believe that the position of the United States has been clear on this for all time. Use WMDs on us and we will use them on you. Only then, but then for sure. Otherwise it is not a deterrent.

And the only WMD device that makes sense in this situation is the neutron bomb.
38 posted on 03/27/2003 11:28:03 PM PST by John Valentine (Writing from downtown Seoul, keeping an eye on the hills to the north.)
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To: Dialup Llama
If somehow an operation could get proof of WMDs, Sadaam would crumble.

Why? From shame? Saddam exposed as liar, immediately offers to turn himself in?

39 posted on 03/27/2003 11:28:42 PM PST by The Great Satan (Revenge, Terror and Extortion: A Guide for the Perplexed)
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To: Justice
No wonder Hans Blix decided to resign.

Effective July... Not soon enough for me.

40 posted on 03/27/2003 11:30:02 PM PST by John Valentine (Writing from downtown Seoul, keeping an eye on the hills to the north.)
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