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(snip) Marines discovered at least two caches of Iraq military warheads in the Iraqi countryside that were being tested as possible chemical or biological weapons. Military sources said that warheads were found in Aziziyah, about 55 miles southeast of Baghdad. They were being run through a battery of sophisticated analyses by the military. Another stash of rockets was found in the central Iraqi town of Sayyid Abid, military sources said, each was equipped with clear vials containing an unknown substance. Military biological hazard teams are investigating. Finally, Army chemical weapons detection teams have been called to a field outside of...

Cheering Iraqis handed out soft drinks and offered cigarettes to U.S. Marines on Saturday, warmly welcoming the troops and making throat-slitting gestures at pictures of President Saddam Hussein. The Marines rolled into this town, 50 miles southeast of Baghdad, to tackle any pockets of resistance from Saddam loyalists bypassed as the U.S. vanguard swept toward the capital in the last two days. Instead they saw hundreds of young men heading away from the capital, apparently deserting the Iraqi army. Senior officials of Saddam's Baath Party had fled the town, residents said.

AZIZIYAH, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. Marines were digging up a suspected chemical weapons hiding place at an Iraqi school on Saturday, describing it as one of the most likely concealment sites discovered in a so far fruitless hunt. Based on information from a local Iraqi who described himself as a former special forces member, the Marines descended on the courtyard of the girls' school in central Iraq (news - web sites) and began hacking through a plate of concrete with pickaxes and shovels. The informant told the Marines that a team of Iraqi officials broke through the wall of the...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/14/03 - Iraqi Rockets, al-Qaqa, Rafah, Ababil-100, Al Rahad, Youssifiya, Al Samoud, Rasheed, Aziziyah, Ibn Firna, drones, WMD, Al Taje, al-Slam, Tikrit, Al Islaha, Taji, Doura, Kuwaitis, missing children,Terrorist Perp, Valencia, MOAB,Predators BREAKING: Iraqi Rockets BREAKING: al-Qaqa missiles site, Rafah military facility, BREAKING: Ababil-100 missile, Al Rahad missiles BREAKING: Youssifiya - Old retrofitted single stage missiles, Al Samoud missile factory BREAKING: Rasheed - A little welding goes far to fool the UN BREAKING: Aziziyah - missile heads with proven WMD BREAKING: Ibn Firnas military industrial compound - drones for WMD-release, BREAKING: Al...