Denmark: Possible Iraqi Blister Gas Weapons Found

Yahoo (Reuters) ^ | 1/10/04 | Reuters staff

[The_Victor]

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -

Danish troops have found dozens of mortar rounds buried in Iraq (news - web sites) which initial tests show could contain blister gas, the Danish army said on Saturday.

The tests were taken after Danish troops found 36 120mm mortar rounds on Friday in southern Iraq. The Danish army said they had been buried for at least 10 years.

"All the instruments showed indications of the same type of chemical compound, namely blister gas," the Danish Army Operational Command said on its Web site, cautioning that further tests were needed.

Blister gases, such as mustard gas, are used in chemical weapons.

Blister gas, an illegal weapon which former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) said he had destroyed, was extensively used against the Iranians during the 1980 to 1988 war.

Although it can kill if it enters the lungs, its use is primarily to debilitate infantry by causing the skin to break out in excruciatingly painful blisters.

The United States launched its war to oust Saddam on March 20 saying the Iraqi leader violated U.N. resolutions by developing weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and biological weapons.

Teams of international weapons inspectors however have so far been unable to locate those weapons.

[The_Victor]

Maybe this time it's real.

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[Moose4]

I will guaran-damn-tee you that the anti-war crowd will simply say "This doesn't count, this is just a bunch of old short-range mortar shells left over from the Iran-Iraq war, and besides, it's ONLY mustard gas. These couldn't hit America, they couldn't even hit Kuwait! Where's the Sarin? Where's the ICBMs? Where's the anthrax?"

Nothing will satisfy them. Nothing.

}:-)4

[OXENinFLA]

said they had been buried for at least 10 years.

Well, they've been buried for 10 years, so they don't count.</sarcasm

[Sloth]

The Danish army said they had been buried for at least 10 years.

Saddam wanted to destroy them, he just lost these. < /Democrat spin >

[risk]

No, Saddam destroyed all of his chemical weapons stores in 1991. Media experts tend to agree! /sarcasm

[rickmichaels]

Dasshole is deeply saddened, KKK Byrdbrain thinks "it is wrong!!!", and Dean is trying to remember the last time he made a statement about Iraqi WMD's so he can clarify those comments.

[New Horizon]

Veddy interestink.

This is the second Iraq posting regarding WMD today.

Hopefully something substantial will come out of this to further humiliate and embarass the left, if that's even possible.

[muawiyah]

If it's blister gas, why did the writer end the article by noting that teams of international inspectors couldn't find them.

No doubt this is nothing of interest.

[blackdog]

Are we certain these blister gas rounds may not just be some errantly shipped ammo for Janet Reno to use on some poor community in the south?

[dawn53]

Probably just fertilizer, LOL.

[thoughtomator]

Where's the VX?

[Hon]

"The Danish army said they had been buried for at least 10 years."

There have been several items that have been found that are said to have been buried ten or more years ago.

Such as the botulinum last October:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1057558,00.html

I think the 10+ years is significant, since it was just a little more than ten years ago that weapons inspectors started going into Iraq.

[The Mayor]

Blister Gas

wonderful....

[Dutch Boy]

You are absolutely correct. The WMD searchers could find a completed nuke and a map of NYC and they still wouldn't believe it.

[Pubbie]

All Deeply Saddened:

[sd-joe]

The key is:
an illegal weapon which former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein said he had destroyed

If he lied about this, can he be trusted on his other claims.

[epluribus_2]

Mark my words - this is the last you will hear about this report - see (all other such reports).

[EggsAckley]

Eggsact-a-mento! They were hidden while slick Willie pandered to UN investigators "searching" for WMDs.

[RandallFlagg]

YAAGH! I can't get your Yahoo link to work!!!