More to come.
i clicked on the link to the document, but i didn't see any verification that this is an army document or an official translation there.
do you have some verification?
FYI Ping
Rush Limbaugh said for the Left this info release would be a death by a thousand cuts....it sure seems that way
i got to the document thru the army intel link that you posted, but i still couldn't find the translation on the army web site.
is it there?
These Saddam documents just have to be killing the 'Rats behind closed doors.
"The US Government has made no determination regarding the authenticity of the documents, validity or factual accuracy of the information contained therein, or the quality of any translations, when available."
from the army website where it is posted.
Thanks for your hard work in translating these documents and then posting your translations on Free Republic.
Thanks for post. Good news, looks like it will keep trickling for weeks and months.
I, for one, am certainly glad y'all are providing these translations and links.
My local newspaper is UNDER-reporting any of this stuff. They did carry the Russian leak news this morning, but anything regarding the AQ and Iraqi connection has been missing.
Time for me to fire off another letter to The Bee editors.
Incredible work, jveritas. Thanks for the ping, eyespy!!
HOW LONG WILL THE DINOSAUR-MEDIA CONTINUE TO IGNORE THIS??
jveritas...
You ROCK!
More dissemination on the way.
Kudos to jveritas for translating these documents and posting them.
Anybody on this ping list, who reads Arabic could do the same.
Really very little here. Are you shure it is not a clean up unit?
I can understand what a shower vehicle does but what does a "surface" vehicle do?
Thank you for the time and effort you're giving to translating these doc's.
Proving once more how varied and broad are the talents of FReepers.
CHEMICAL PLATOON:
2 RECONNAISANCE VEHICLES, WAZ (1 WORD UNCLEAR) 469 SOVIET MAKE
2 ARS-14 VEHICLES OR ARS-12 TO DECONTAMINATE EQUIPMENT,
WEAPONS, AND MATERIEL
2 DDA-53 VEHICLES
THE CHEMICAL PLATOON'S MISSION:
A) CHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE BY USING WAZ 469 VEHICLE (1 WORD
UNCLEAR) WHICH CONTAINS NUMEROUS KINDS OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE
BRANCH AND DETECTION OF CHEMICALS AND EQUIPMENT.
B) OPEN THE DECONTAMINATION STATION FOR THE BRIGADE
VEHICLES, WEAPONS, EQUIPMENT, AND PERSONS BEHIND THE BRIGADE
HQS.
C) MILITARY AND ADMINISTRATIVE LIAISON -- A CHEMICAL STAFF
OFFICER (WITH THE BRIGADE) AND A SPECIAL TECHNICIAN (DIVISION
CHEMICAL BRANCH).
WITH REGARD TO THE INFANTRY DIVISION THE CHEMICAL COMPANY
http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/declassdocs/cia/19960517/cia_65142_65142_01.html
According to a report in the Washington Post, Al-Qadissiya served as the command post for the 101st Airborne, prior to the division's movement north. The site was scheduled to be the headquarters for the Mobile Exploitation Team/75th Exploitation Task Force, the unit searching for weapons of mass destruction, but it was burned and looted in late April 2003.
Key Sources: UN inspection data; Barton Gellman, "Looting is Double Loss for U.S. Forces," Washington Post, 28 April 2003, p. A12.
great find!!
Outstanding work, as usual. Thanks.