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Iraq
Iraq Jehadis fire four chemicals missiles at U.S. Samara base
2007-01-11
MEMRI blog: The Salahaldin Al-Ayoubi Brigades, the military wing of JAMI, Al Jabha Al-Islamiyya l'il-Muqawama Al-'Iraqiyya, announced via Islamist websites that today, January 10, 2007, it had fired four missiles loaded with chemicals at a U.S. base near Samara, Iraq. The organization posted a film showing militants wearing gas masks and filling the missiles with a liquid which the organization claims are chemicals. Below are images from the film.
Source: an old Baathist stash? Syria? Iran? chemistry set from walmart?
Posted by:RD

#16  Many of Saddam's shells were loaded, just before firing, by "volunteers". Let's just say that the weapons didn't store well.
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2007-01-11 14:00  

#15  And where might Tell D Truth be preaching Jihad from? Mom's basement in Pomona?
Posted by: tu3031   2007-01-11 13:55  

#14  Source: an old Baathist stash? Syria? Iran? chemistry set from walmart?

I vote WalMart...
The one by the cave in the Northwest frontier province of Pakistan...
Posted by: BigEd   2007-01-11 13:50  

#13  What Chemical weapons are for,
To wage a holy war!
Osama said that mustard gas is sacred!

He'll use it on the Kurds,
And on the GIs too,
So look out boys its coming on through...
Posted by: Tell D Trurh   2007-01-11 13:47  

#12  I would think there is a good chance this was real chemical agent, because there were huge stocks of it made in Iraq, and a lot is still just sitting around.

As far as handling goes, what they were doing is typical for the Iran/Iraq area. I might suggest that this was an Iranian project, with their expertise in chemical weapons. Probably the guy with the mask in the pic is the expert.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-01-11 13:23  

#11  I wonder if Bin Laden lets them store them next to all those suitcase nukes he has. I'm thinking bullshit here.

Well, OSHA hasn't exactly made its way over to that part of the world yet . . . .

But it still smells funny!
Posted by: Elmeque Hupavick1982   2007-01-11 12:16  

#10  Jeez, I wonder if Bin Laden lets them store them next to all those suitcase nukes he has.
I'm thinking bullshit here.
Posted by: tu3031   2007-01-11 10:03  

#9  Chemical could be a mustard agent. V agents tend to look and behave much like dirty cooking oil (despite the pretty green colored ones in the movie "The Rock"), and G agents are much like discolored water.

These are most likely "splat" weapons, that don't have an explosive head to airburst and spread the chemical. For this reason, when they hit, they just make a few square feet of contamination.

For the US forces in the area, they would just put a couple of feet of dirt on top of the impact area with a bulldozer, put a marker on top of it, and walk away. If it was a good distance, empty a jerry can of gasoline on it when there is a good wind heading away from post, and fire decon it.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-01-11 09:46  

#8  Elementary Grom.
Posted by: Shipman   2007-01-11 09:18  

#7  Missiles made of chemical material, I take it?
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-01-11 05:39  

#6  Oh please oh please oh please . . .

They probably haven't figured out that we're fighting with one arm tied behind our back and the other hand has one of those huge inflatable boxing gloves on.
Posted by: gorb   2007-01-11 03:35  

#5  Painting cars requires more protection than what they're wearing. By law anyway. I've never tried the combo, but I wonder what a gunpowder/gasoline Mix would look like.
Posted by: Mike N.   2007-01-11 01:17  

#4  home made Mike N? note the protection the eyeki chemical engineers are usin. If it were sarin they'd be ded as door nails. possibly old goat dung mixed with water from the two rivers.

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I picked up another weird one SALT SALT SALT

Statement, short pic display and pdf all in one small download by “Fedayeen Saddam”

This is a short translation of “Saddam Fedayeen” statement, you can download the statement [file in zip format, included: the statement in Arabic (PDF), images of a recent attack of Maliki convoy (inside the Green Zone and video of the operation].

did i mention Salt....
Posted by: RD   2007-01-11 00:47  

#3  I'm no chemical weapons expert so I have no idea what the "good stuff" looks like, but I would guess that what we see in those pics is Jihadi McGyver stuff.
Posted by: Mike N.   2007-01-11 00:21  

#2  I agree Mike N, heres some more

More pics re chem rockets here MEMRI blog

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recap: even if you have seen these before it's worth seeing again.


Saddam, WMD & his Air Force:

*Iraqi Air Force officer who began his career serving when Saddam first came to power.
Both are good interviews.

Video: Iraqi Gen. Georges Sada, the No. 2 ranking officer in Saddam's Air Force

*Saddam moved Large amounts of WMD to Syria before Op Iraqi Freedom.

Video: Iraqi Gen. Georges Sada reveals more


*pre Iraqi freedom: Saddam moved WMD to Syria

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The videos are an excellent first hand source from an individual who has more credibility and veracity than any of the dime a dozen anti-American bloggers, the Bogus Berkeley cum Chomsky travelers!



Posted by: RD   2007-01-11 00:10  

#1  If this turns out to be legit, the hammer is going to come down hard. I know we thought ROEs were changing, but this will change them again.
Posted by: Mike N.   2007-01-11 00:05  

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