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| Iraq rebels vow to use chemical weapons |
| 2004-11-02 |
| AS the US reeled from the death of nine marines in Iraq at the weekend, insurgents in Fallujah claimed to have obtained chemical weapons and threatened to use them in any battle for control of the rebel stronghold. Rebel commanders said chemicals such as cyanide had been added to mortar rounds and missiles that would be deployed against coalition troops reported to be preparing for a major assault on the town west of Baghdad. A military committee made up of former officers in Saddam Hussein's army, including experts on chemicals and guerrilla warfare, is said to have been organising forces in Fallujah and planning tactics. The committee is understood to include members of all the main insurgent groups, including that of Iraq's most wanted man, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the terrorist leader behind the beheading of several foreign hostages and a string of car-bomb attacks... |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #15 tw and ptah - asumming its cyanide, no, thats a widely available industrial chemical, IIUC. It would have to be something more serious, sarin, VX, etc. But at least it would reveal, once again, what shits we were dealing with. As if anybody needed reminding. Sadly, some do. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-11-02 2:26:45 PM |
| #14 *nods* My thought exactly, trailing wife. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-11-02 1:22:45 PM |
| #13 If they did use such weapons, would the world still say they didn't exist? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-11-02 9:35:21 AM |
| #12 if they did use such weapons the world would still say that the US was the one who used them? It's about time too stop pussy footing around these bastards and get it over with. kill the hell out of them this time instead of another peace deal. |
| Posted by: smokeysinse 2004-11-02 8:30:21 AM |
| #11 Somewhere far off to the east I hear a fat lady singing. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2004-11-02 8:28:55 AM |
| #10 It's a bluff, but a nice pretext for us to level the towns. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-11-02 8:15:41 AM |
| #9 Crap on a stick, this is. |
| Posted by: beer_me 2004-11-02 3:37:36 AM |
| #8 Did Zarqawi sends his jihad boys into Syria to bring back some of the 'missing' wmd's? |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-11-02 1:45:48 AM |
| #7 Zarqawi is a chemical expert. We must use overwhelming force and set the weather conditions right. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-11-02 1:22:11 AM |
| #6 CW use by the terrorists in Falloujah will result in large civilian casualties. The Allied forces will be well protected, the Iraqi troops will be kept out of the patterns of exposure. But civilians will not be protected at all and will die in large numbers. This will be the final blow in the terrorist actions in Iraq, for they will have shown themselves to be mass murderers, guilty of fitna in the worst way and will draw fatwha against them. |
| Posted by: InTheKnow 2004-11-02 1:18:01 AM |
| #5 This could be a reason why they wanted the germ lady released from prison. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-11-02 1:00:57 AM |
| #4 go ahead, use them! you'll just be ordering a MOAB lunch. |
| Posted by: spiffo 2004-11-02 1:00:24 AM |
| #3 Are they still WMDs if only "insurgents" have them? Here's hoping for that work accident---amen. |
| Posted by: Asedwich 2004-11-02 12:55:44 AM |
| #2 And all the Marines doned their chem suits as a training exercise last week if I can recall correctly. I think the intel is better than these losers know. hope for a windshift. The "rebels" don't have chemical protection. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-11-02 12:50:02 AM |
| #1 insurgents in Fallujah claimed to have obtained chemical weapons Here's hoping for a work accident |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-11-02 12:15:48 AM |