http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5060648/
"WASHINGTON - Comprehensive testing has confirmed the
presence of the chemical weapon sarin in the remains
of a roadside bomb discovered this month in Baghdad, a
defense official said Tuesday. The determination,
made by a laboratory in the United States that the
official would not identify, verifies what earlier,
less-thorough field tests had found: The bomb was made
from an artillery shell designed to disperse the
deadly nerve agent on the battlefield.
The origin of the shell remains unclear, and finding
that out is a priority for the U.S. military, the
defense official said, speaking on the condition of
anonymity...
...Saddam Hussein’s government only disclosed the
testing and production after Iraqi weapons chief Lt.
Gen. Hussein Kamel al-Majid, Saddam’s son-in-law,
defected in 1995. Saddam’s government never declared
any sarin or shells filled with sarin remained.
Saddam’s alleged stockpile of weapons of mass
destruction was the Bush administration’s chief stated
reason for invading Iraq. U.S. weapons hunters have
been unable to validate the prewar intelligence.
Some trace elements of mustard agent, an older type of
chemical weapon, were detected in an artillery shell
found in a Baghdad street this month, U.S. officials
said previously. The shell also was believed to be
from one of Saddam’s old stockpiles."
For the sake of our troops and the civilians, I hope
this is no more than a left-over prototype, but that
would still mean that there are likely others waiting
to be found.
Debbi
who is still concerned by the sarin bomblets found
locally (on former AFB site) in the past couple of
years (thankfully no one was hurt)
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