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| Iraq |
| Second test positive |
| 2003-04-28 |
| TIKRIT, Iraq — More-sophisticated field tests conducted yesterday on the pile of 55-gallon drums found near a small industrial town in central Iraq came up positive for a chemical nerve agent. But military officials said it will be two to three days before laboratory tests can show with certainty whether fluid from one of the 14 drums is a chemical agent used to make weapons of mass destruction. The Washington Times first reported yesterday that U.S. troops discovered the pile of drums near Baiji, about 115 miles north of Baghdad, and that initial tests yielded positive results for the nerve agent cyclo-sarin. Long article, edited to just the most pertinent information to preserve Fred's bandwidth. Worth a look at the whole thing. |
| Posted by:Old Patriot |
| #2 Good point, Don. Bush is a poker player, and keeps his cards close to his chest. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-04-28 19:41:52 |
| #1 Thinking about this. If they don't have enough troops to cover all areas now for security, how can they cover hundreds of potential WMD sites? If you break your forces down to little detachments, they become easier targerts for the dead-ender holdouts. If you do find the stuff, you'd keep quiet about it. Remembering how George works, he'll let the noise level rise to an embarrassing level on the critics side, and THEN release the information validating finds. The longer he can play this game, the more he can find without getting the troops dispersed over the Iraqi landscape to guard them. It's not easy to move the stuff with care. Of course if you don't care, it is easy to move the stuff. |
| Posted by: Don 2003-04-28 18:05:08 |