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ABUL MUHAWISH, Iraq - More than a dozen soldiers of the Army's 101st Airborne Division underwent chemical weapons decontamination on Sunday after they exhibited symptoms of possible exposure to nerve agents. Preliminary tests indicated that nerve agents were present, but subsequent tests were negative and additional testing is under way. Nevertheless, a Knight Ridder reporter, a CNN cameraman and two Iraqi prisoners of war also were hosed down with water and bleach. U.S. soldiers found the suspect chemicals at two sites: an agricultural warehouse containing 55-gallon chemical drums and a military compound, which soldiers had begun searching on Saturday....

U.S. Infantry Units Wear Chemical Suits By CHRIS TOMLINSON and ALMIN KARAMEHMEDOVIC .c The Associated Press NEAR KARBALA, Iraq (AP) - Lead U.S. infantry units donned chemical suits Wednesday after capturing a bridge just 40 miles southeast of Baghdad, while U.S. Marines were even closer to the Iraqi capital after destroying one division of Saddam Hussein's battle-hardened Republican Guard as they crossed the Tigris River. The units were both well within the 50-mile ``red zone'' defensive cordon around the ancient city, heightening concerns of a possible chemical attack by the Saddam Hussein regime. Marine helicopter pilots were advised to be...

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EVIL PROOFBy BRUCE WILSON in London 28mar03 BRITISH troops have uncovered a bunker full of weapons of mass destruction in the southern Iraqi oilfields. The Ministry of Defence released a dramatic video it said showed more than 100 chemical warfare protection suits and mounds of dozens of artillery rounds it said contained suspected "weapons of mass destruction". It was not immediately clear if the weapons contained chemical or biological warheads. They were not believed to be nuclear. The bunker had been recently deserted by fleeing Iraqi troops attacked by a unit from the Irish Guards, a spokesman said. The film...

UK claims "significant" WMD-related find in Iraq By Lyndsay Griffiths LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it had made a significant discovery of protective chemical suits in Iraq that showed Baghdad was ready to use weapons of mass destruction. Any proof of Iraqi intent to use so-called WMD would be a major propaganda coup for the United States and Britain, which opted for combat last Thursday after abandoning diplomatic efforts to rid Iraq of its weapons programmes. Military chiefs conceded there was nothing "offensive" in their find in the south of the country but said the cache...

Britain: Chemical Attack by Iraq Possible By JILL LAWLESS .c The Associated Press LONDON (AP) - The discovery of chemical protection suits at an Iraqi command post suggests that Iraq was prepared to use weapons of mass destruction against advancing coalition forces, British officials said Thursday. Soldiers of the Royal Irish Regiment found about a hundred chemical weapons protection suits and respirators in an Iraqi command post, said Adm. Michael Boyce, chief of the defense staff. ``This kit was effective, well cared for and in good working order,'' Boyce told a news conference. ``Now we have to ask ourselves why...