[lbo-talk] Chemical Weapons found

[Kevin Robert Dean]

Report: U.S. Finds Missiles with Chemical Weapons 
Mon April 7, 2003 10:25 AM ET 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces near Baghdad found a
weapons cache of around 20 medium-range missiles equipped
with potent chemical weapons, the U.S. news station
National Public Radio reported on Monday.

NPR, which attributed the report to a top official with the
1st Marine Division, said the rockets, BM-21 missiles, were
equipped with sarin and mustard gas and were "ready to
fire." It quoted the source as saying new U.S. intelligence
data showed the chemicals were "not just trace elements."

It said the cache was discovered by Marines with the 101st
Airborne Division, which was following up behind the Army
after it seized Baghdad's international airport.

U.S. Central Command headquarters in Qatar had no immediate
comment.

The United States and Britain launched the war against Iraq
to rid the country of weapons of mass destruction. Iraq
denies having such weapons.
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