[demlosers]

“He claimed most of the chemical munitions are being stored closer to Baghdad.”

It's consistent with what we believe is true.

[laz17]

Doesn't surprise me. It makes perfect sense he would remove them from the southern areas where coalition forces could find them and position them closer to Baghdad. Blix himself said the other day that we should search the basements of Baghdad. Of course, he never had any intention of searching those basements during his inspections.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

We need to send in Hans Blix to verify this. /bs

[randita]

There is an extensive underground bunker network underlying Baghdad. The German who designed and built it said it is impenetrable. But then again, that's what we were told about Tora Bora.

When we get close enough, a few of those air sucker (I forget the real name of it) bombs can be placed at one or more of the bunker's entrance. Those bombs worked like a charm at Tora Bora.

[randita]

There is an extensive underground bunker network underlying Baghdad. The German who designed and built it said it is impenetrable. But then again, that's what we were told about Tora Bora.

When we get close enough, a few of those air sucker (I forget the real name of it) bombs can be placed at one or more of the bunker's entrance. Those bombs worked like a charm at Tora Bora.

[Sabatier]

Saddam may rather level Baghdad flat or turn it into a total biohazard zone rather than let it be occupied by the US.
Kind of like, "if I can't have it, you can't have it either."

[Scott from the Left Coast]

They were ready to fight, and they will fight to the death, he added.

Let's acommodate 'em.

[Helvan]

Saddam's "red line" outside Baghdad that Coalition forces must pass before his forces use their WMD is probably where his outlying chemical weapons caches are. He'll try and use them just before we find them, not sooner or later.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

An Iraqi soldier captured in the battle for An Nasiriyah claims that Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons are stored closer to Baghdad.

No brainer. Baghdad is where Saddam always intended to do his "rope-a-dope". Gotta keep his aces nearby.

[dark_lord]

In my more paranoid moments I suspect that Saddam has a nuke. Probably a big ol "Fat-Boy" type nuke - not very transportable (and he has no air force anyway.) But -- he could sit in his bunker w/ a "deadman switch" and when the Colition forces are in Baghdad and Special Ops kicks down his door - KABLOOIE!

Of course, I don't think he has a nuke. But if he did -- I would bet on this as being a credible scenario.

[buwaya]

Just FWIW, the 2/23 Marines are a reserve unit from Northern California, mostly from the San Francisco Bay Area.

The 23rd Regt depot is in San Bruno, just south of SF.

[Starrgaizr]

He is going to cause tens of thousands of Iraqi civilian casualties by releasing the gas in Baghdad.

[Orlando]

I think the SADDAM RATS do have WMD in place in Baghdad, I think SADDAM SS RATS is going to use it,once we enter the city. The Best thing to do is surround the city. Set-up more
Allied Free-Iraqi TV and stronger signal RADIO into the city. Get better and more intel, spec-ops,snipers inside baghdad, before sending in any troops.

[cynicom]

The major has to be a liar. Fox had an expert on last nite that pooh poohed the entire Iraqi WMD story.