Document Details WMD Recovered In Iraq, Santorum Says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4997808/

MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 5:56 p.m. ET May 17, 2004

(excerpt): "BAGHDAD, Iraq - A roadside bomb thought to contain deadly sarin nerve agent exploded near a U.S. military convoy, the U.S. military said Monday. It was believed to be the first confirmed discovery of any of the banned weapons that the United States cited in making its case for the Iraq war.

Two members of a military bomb squad were treated for “minor exposure,” but no serious injuries were reported.

The chemicals were inside an artillery shell dating to the Saddam Hussein era that had been rigged as a bomb in Baghdad, said Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, the chief military spokesman in Iraq.

Early indications suggest that two chemical components in the shell, which are designed to combine and create sarin during flight, did not mix properly or completely upon detonation, a U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Kimmitt, however, said a small amount of the nerve agent was released.

Two former weapons inspectors — Hans Blix and David Kay — said the shell was likely a stray weapon that had been scavenged by militants and did not signify that Iraq had large stockpiles of such weapons."

He should have done that along with the President over a number of these documents that jveritas has translated for us here alone...a number of different press conferences which details Saddam's confirmed links to terrorist organizations. That should happen now...we are at a turning point that can either go for us or against us - and either way it will be a strong blow for the losing side, I believe. It will all depend on communication.

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