Iraq has poison bombs

The Sunday Telegraph ^ | February 23, 2003 | Philip Sherwell and David Wastell

[deport]

LOL..... maybe the pilots will turn and spay the palaces where they suspect Saddam is staying....

Didn't the Iraqi AF leave for safe harbors in other countries during the Desert Storm/Shield? Seems like Iran may have been one of them. If they do it again at the beginning then their bombs won't be of much use..... If they don't use them early I suspect they can forget them as I suspect the Allies will control the airspace from day one.

[null and void]

(You gotta have the gun to shoot the bullet.)

The Viet Cong made land mines with nothing more than a bullet, a lump of clay and a nail.

[null and void]

We're not likely to encounter Saddam or Republican Guard outside populated areas. So if we retaliated, we'd kill a lot of civilians.

pit-ty

[PhilDragoo]

from Iraq's weapons of mass casualty
Janes Islamic Affairs Analyst
30 January 2003
By Al Venter

In a submission before the House Armed Services Committee on 10 September 2002 biowarfare expert Dr Richard Spertzel, who spent years trying to uncover Saddam's secrets while heading the biological wing of UNSCOM in Iraq after Operation Desert Storm, said that there was some evidence that the Iraqis might now also have the deadliest nerve gas of all: Novichok. A product of the Cold War, Novichok is a dozen times more potent than any other agent easily penetrates all known gas masks produced in the West - Israel's included.

[null and void]

idle speculation: I wonder if this is "Chemical 'Ali" Majid, Saddam's uncle.

Then wouldn't Saddam have to torture and kill himself???

[null and void]

maybe the pilots will turn and spay the palaces where they suspect Saddam is staying....

I like it!

Spay Saddam!

[George W. Bush]

Novichok

Oh, man. What a mess. I'll let the Pentagon worry about it and hope they don't.

[ScholarWarrior]

and the fallout is over Iran . . .

[Zebra]

I remain convinced that the entire reason for the delay in prosecuting the war has been to allow th in-country special ops and on-ground intelligence personnel to devise a rapid capitualtion strategy that minimizes the loss of allied military and covilian lives. My guess is that this work is near completion.

The horror scenario isn't that Hussein visits horrible weapons like this on our troops--the difficulty of delivering such weapons effectively against the type of light, mobile force we will send is immense. Rather, it is that he will deploy these weapons against large civilian targets. Our military leaders know that he knows that he will never survive the invasion--thus, he has nothing to lose and will likely act accordingly.

The delay in moving has been to allow our forces to interdict those units that will remain loyal to Hussein to the end--the ones who can execute his orders. These units are comprised of those most likely to bear the brunt of vengeance from the liberated, formerly oppressed. They, too, have little to lose.

Exhaustive planning is the hallmark of successful wars. The hand wringers in the media grossly overestimate the capabilities of the Iraqis (whose military is roughly 1/3 the Gulf War size and equipped with weaponry that has felt the effects of 12 years of sanctions) and their willingness to mix it up once Uncle Sam starts shooting. Likewise, the media grossly underestimate the caliber of our current weaponry and tactics.

The delay has permitted thorough planning and intelligence gathering that will minimize the loss of civilian and allied lives. The hot part of this engagement will be less than 96 hours.

[Paulus Invictus]

Has Saddam's air force been reconstituted or did the Iranians return the many jet planes that escaped destruction and flew there to safety? Have they bought new planes from France and Germany? Will they be destroyed this time or escape to Iran once again? Will Saddam have a plane or two available for a quick and safe exit? Do we know where their planes are now? Do they have civilian air liners that could also carry the chemical weapons? Will we shoot down such planes? Inquiring minds want to know.. So many questions, so few answers..

[Scott from the Left Coast]

I'm all for a rush to war.

[nickcarraway]

SHHHHH. Don't tell Jacque Chirac.

[arkady_renko]

Our military leaders know that he knows that he will never survive the invasion--thus, he has nothing to lose and will likely act accordingly.

Boy, Zebra, I hope you are right. He can not escape justice. Please assure me that this will not happen in this case.

A_R

[Defender2]

Iraq....binary chemical weapons.....tick....tick....tick....
tick....Hussein....tick....Fully Disarm Now, Hussein....tick
....Time's up....tick....Surrender you're illegal weapons of
mass destruction, now, Hussein....tick....or face you're elimination....tick....tick...tick....tick....tick....17 U.N. resolutions....tick....12 years....tick.....enough is enough....tick....Times up, Hussein....tick....Game Over....
tick....This is you're final warning, Hussein....tick....tick....tick....

[judicial meanz]

Its not old Chemical Ali. Chemical Ali is still in Iraq, threatening to shell allied troops with chemical and biological weapons for 2 weeks straight, last time I heard.

He is currently a Governor of some Iraqi province.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/majeed.htm

[eleni121]

A nuclear response to protect the free world against chemical assault? I have no problem with that and neither did Truman in his time.

[Dialup Llama]

>the Iranians return the many jet planes that escaped destruction and flew there to safety?

They kept the planes. Hehehe.

[cgk]

Yah, well, I guess that's why we're invading Iraq, is it not?

Well, that and this...

among other things...

[Dialup Llama]

>Will Saddam have a plane or two available for a quick and safe exit?

Just like Hitler, trying to fly out of Berlin and then on a sub to South America. Well AH never made it out.

[Lady In Blue]

LOL..... maybe the pilots will turn and spay the palaces where they suspect Saddam is staying....

Now wouldn't that be a hoot!GWB has warned Iraqi generals that if they use that "stuff" we reserve the right to use nukes!

Didn't the Iraqi AF leave for safe harbors in other countries during the Desert Storm/Shield? Seems like Iran may have been one of them. If they do it again at the beginning then their bombs won't be of much use..... If they don't use them early I suspect they can forget them as I suspect the Allies will control the airspace from day one.

I don't remember but I sure wouldn't be surprised after all,a lot of their soldiers were surrendering to reporters,for pete's sake! Hehehe!