[Happy2BMe]

General Franks issued a STRONG WARNING to Iraq today against using WMD - CHEMICAL WEAPONS.

He wasn't specific, but there doesn't seem to be much doubt what our retaliation would be.

[Desecrated]

And what exactly would that be? We're gonna nuke Baghdad?Yeah, right.

[OXENinFLA]

Iraq declared that all its Mustard had been produced from imported thiodiglycol, thionyl chloride and phosphorus trichloride at a dedicated production plant located at the Samarra site of the Muthanna State Establishment. According to the documents provided by Iraq, by the end of 1990, the Samarra site was able to produce Mustard at a rate of 10 tonnes per day. UNSCOM found the declared Mustard production plant had been heavily damaged by aerial bombardment during the Gulf War. Remaining chemical process equipment from its dedicated plant was destroyed by Iraq under UNSCOM supervision. Iraq declared that significant quantities of precursors for Mustard production were either destroyed through aerial bombardment during the Gulf War (thiodiglycol and thionyl chloride) or lost due to improper storage (phosphorus trichloride). UNSCOM was not able to fully verify these declarations.

From the UN's 173 page report.

[Zavien Doombringer]

What WMD? Blix said there wasn't any!

[DittoJed2]

What do you think the retaliation would be? We wouldn't use nukes with our soldiers being so close at hand - unless we pull out.

[Coop]

I keep praying this regime collapses from within before WMD can be released. But that's looking even less likely now.

[mabelkitty]

The President said the reaction from the U.S. would be nuclear bomb.

I don't doubt it, but I don't think Saddam cares.

[Amerigomag]

An absolutely false premise.

CenCom has responed to political baiting at their news conferences with concerns but no one has "projected" the use of WMDs.

That's why the article lacks supporting quotes from identifiable sources.