Suspicious Iraqi Drums - UPDATE

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[arkady_renko]

I Know, I know...

A_R

[ohioWfan]

Inching closer..........we'll get there.

[arkady_renko]

Looters already had stripped the vehicles of their tires and other portable equipment. But inside were charts listing various dosage levels, a workstation in the back, and in the middle what appeared to be a giant, Russian-made mixing device.

Local residents said the material was dumped at the location by Iraqi troops the day after U.S. forces took Baghdad. They said an Iraqi officer stayed behind and stood watch over the material for two more days.

Must have wanted to be sure that nobody mis-used the pesticides in the drums...

A_R

[ohioWfan]

The timing is most interesting.

Dumped by Iraqi troops the day after Baghdad fell?

Seems a bit curious to hide 'bug-killer' and guard it for more than two days when you know your country is in the hands of the infidels, does it not?

[John H K]

This seems much more promising than previous finds.

And they DID end up finding pesticides at the FIRST ballyhooed site; it was an agricultural station, and the drums were rusting, and in more of a trench than "buried."

This seems like a far more military site.

[MississippiMan]

What makes this an update?

MM

[Diogenesis]

========= IRAQI MISSILES AND WMD =========

========= Chemical Warhead found in Kirkuk =============

Chemical warhead at an Iraqi air base, marked with a green band,
the symbol for chemical weaponry. Trace amounts of a nerve agent was found
in two spots on the ~meter long warhead. The amounts could be consistent with
leakage from a chemically armed weapon. A 13-foot missile was found next
to it.

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In Kerbala, found in an Iraqi military training camp are
banned chemical agents similar to pesticides.
Initial investigations reveal sarin and tabun and the blister agent lewisite.
Non. Mais non? Could that be French on the containers?

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========= IRAQI MISSILES [So many missed by the Klowns) =========

In central Baghdad, Iraqi missiles are found everywhere.

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Near Baghdad, US military found and tows an Iraqi missile.

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Near Baghdad, at a weapons development facility, another Iraqi missile.

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In Baghdad, captured Iraqi Scud missiles at the the University of Baghdad.

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In and near Baghdad, more abandoned trailors loaded with Iraqi al-Samoud 2 missiles.

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In Kerbala, even more Iraqi missiles found.

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[cardinal4]

Patience. There are there and we will find them. BTW, you have a cool posting name. I have always enjoyed those books. Polar Star was my favorite.

[arkady_renko]

What makes this an update?

I posted a shorter version of this story to this earlier in the day. It had no real details - this is the update to the earlier ABC story. It was also featured on ABC World News Tonight.

A_R

[arkady_renko]

Polar Star was my favorite.

Mine too. Great author.

A_R

[Wolfstar]

The entire country is one vast ammo dump. The late Iraqi regieme didn't care where it placed weapons and most certainly didn't care who they might hurt or kill.

[lstanle]

"The entire country is one vast ammo dump"

I have been shocked at the ammount of explosive "stuff" they had lying around. I'm really grateful that the people were not greatly motivated to us the stuff against coalition forces. I wonder how much food and medicine the money spent on all the military hardware could have bought.

[Bigg Red]

Must have wanted to be sure that nobody mis-used the pesticides in the drums...

Of course, you wouldn't want the innocent cockroaches to be killed by mistake.

[cookcounty]

Seven DAYS??? Blix and Company did their testing in seven MINUTES!

[11th Earl of Mar]

But I'm not believing anything until I hear from DEBKA.

[Rome2000]

The Democrats:

Wrong on the War

Wrong on WMD

Wrong on the Economy

[MississippiMan]

I posted a shorter version of this story to this earlier in the day. It had no real details.

Okay, thanks.

MM

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

These drums could be trouble!

[AgThorn]

They're everywhere, they're everywhere!!!

[American in Israel]

The thing that interests me is how men can exibit the same symptoms of nerve agent on exposure to these "agricultural" agents that are stored with their missile "applicators" and the media still calls them pesticides! Perhaps they think Kurds are pests.

Most of these "pesticides" are found in military bases with special artilery rounds or missiles fitted with chemical dispersing warheads. Perhaps it is a strange form of Farm subsidy, the farmers do not need to spray their crops, The Iraqi army, had missile and artilery applicators...