U.S. projecting chemical weapons attack by elite Iraqi units SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COMMonday, March 24, 2003 U.S. officials said some of the elite Iraqi units deployed around Baghdad have been equipped with chemical weapons. They said the Republican Guard has established a command and control infrastructure for the use of nonconventional weapons. The U.S. military command is bracing for chemical weapons attacks by the Republican Guard units. Officials reported the discovery of what they believer are two chemical weapons facilities in Iraq. The facilities were located in the Shi'ite-populated cities of Karbala and Najaf. They were believed to have...