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UN Inspectors find Mustard Gas Shells
AP | 12/05/2002

Posted on 12/04/2002 12:53:24 PM PST by rumrunner

Demetrius Perricos, who is leading one of the U.N. inspection teams in Iraq, said Wednesday his team of international arms experts secured about a dozen Iraqi artillery shells containing the mustard liquid agent.


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1 posted on 12/04/2002 12:53:24 PM PST by rumrunner
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To: rumrunner
I'm certain there will be an explanation forthcoming. HA!
2 posted on 12/04/2002 12:54:45 PM PST by savedbygrace
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To: rumrunner
Demetrius Perricos, who is leading one of the U.N. inspection teams in Iraq, said Wednesday his team of international arms experts secured about a dozen Iraqi artillery shells containing the mustard liquid agent.

Fingers are flying as the Iraqis change their WMD inventory from "Nothing" to "Eight shells of mustard gas that the U.N. inspectors planted to trigger a war."

3 posted on 12/04/2002 12:55:51 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: rumrunner
dejon or brown?
4 posted on 12/04/2002 12:56:22 PM PST by js1138
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To: rumrunner
Is that a WMD? Or is it just banned?
5 posted on 12/04/2002 12:56:24 PM PST by RightWhale
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To: rumrunner
material breach
6 posted on 12/04/2002 12:56:39 PM PST by Maedhros
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To: dirtboy
Grey poupon?
7 posted on 12/04/2002 12:56:56 PM PST by Shermy
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To: rumrunner
Is Mustard gas considered a WMD?
8 posted on 12/04/2002 12:57:07 PM PST by A Navy Vet
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To: rumrunner
Ok, now what?
9 posted on 12/04/2002 12:57:15 PM PST by The Turbanator
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To: js1138
Grey Poupon! Saddam likes the very best.
10 posted on 12/04/2002 12:57:22 PM PST by RippleFire
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To: A Navy Vet
I should think so. Nasty, nasty stuff.
11 posted on 12/04/2002 12:58:23 PM PST by Frank_Discussion
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To: savedbygrace
I'm certain there will be an explanation forthcoming. HA! Saddam likes hot dogs?
12 posted on 12/04/2002 12:59:10 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: rumrunner
Breaking news?
13 posted on 12/04/2002 12:59:22 PM PST by EternalHope
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To: A Navy Vet
Is Mustard gas considered a WMD?

Iraq considers it a crowd control agent.

14 posted on 12/04/2002 12:59:26 PM PST by js1138
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To: RightWhale
it's a certainly chemical weapon, which should mean that it falls under the wmd umbrella
15 posted on 12/04/2002 12:59:32 PM PST by Maedhros
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To: A Navy Vet
Mustard gas=chemical weapon=WMD
YES!
16 posted on 12/04/2002 12:59:32 PM PST by The Turbanator
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To: rumrunner
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec 04, 2002 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- AP Special Correspondent

Iraq objected Wednesday to U.N. weapons inspectors' surprise intrusion into one of Saddam Hussein's presidential palaces. The U.N. monitors countered that they're taking the right approach - navigating between Iraqi complaints and U.S. pressure for more "severe" inspections.

"We are getting results," said inspection team leader Demetrius Perricos.

Among other things, he reported that on a five-hour inspection Wednesday of a desert installation, the international arms experts secured about a dozen Iraqi artillery shells - previously known to be there - containing a powerful chemical weapon, the liquid agent mustard.

It was the first report of such armaments traced and controlled in the week-old round of new inspections.

Perricos' team and another paid unannounced visits to that key site and to the nerve center of Iraq's old nuclear weapons program, places that were bombed, searched and dismantled in the 1990s. The 2002 inspectors wanted to ensure that Baghdad's plans for ultimate weapons have not been revived.

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17 posted on 12/04/2002 12:59:45 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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Now let's see if these canisters are listed on the so-called inventory Iraq is supposed to release tomorrow.
18 posted on 12/04/2002 1:00:11 PM PST by mass55th
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To: dirtboy
EXACTLY
19 posted on 12/04/2002 1:01:05 PM PST by FreeTheHostages
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To: rumrunner
Well, that didn't take long, did it?

Any word on where they were found?

Did Saddam not categorically deny that he had any weapons of mass destruction, including chemical weapons?

D
20 posted on 12/04/2002 1:01:08 PM PST by daviddennis
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