IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE KIT FOUND

The Sentinel ^ | 12:00 - 29 March 2003

[Bob J]

Who said he never had any intention of using them? Chemical and biologocal weapons are most effective in closed in areas, like Tel Aviv. Plus they make nifty birthday gifts to suicide/homicide goons.

[Bob J]

Saddam is thinking many moves ahead of this war.

Saddam is ONLY concerned about opinion in the middle east. And there is no better way for the new Arab Caliph to be able to control that through WMD intimidation of the lesser states.

[Nita Nuprez]

You give Saddam too much credit for having a clear head and the ability to display good judgment. Someone who is fully capable of seeing reality as it truly is would not have let events get this far. He could have easily prevented this war and stalled much longer by destroying some of his WMDs.

The man is losing it, in my opinion (assuming he's still alive). He's an egocentric psychopath who is increasingly incapable of seeing things as they really are. As an example, he regularly puts a bullet in anyone who dares to bring him bad news (i.e., reality).

[NMFXSTC]

Hmmmmmmm??? WE carry the same suits, antidotes, etc. That mean WE are planing on using bio/chem?

[Bob J]

I think Saddam trusted too much in French assurances that the UN would keep the US out of Iraq. By the time he woke up, it was too late to change strategies and save face.

[Bob J]

The US doesn't use chem/bio weapons as the Iraqis have a history of doing. If the Iraqis were concerned about our use of WMD, we would have found suits to protect against radiation poisoning. What we found was obviously there to protect against the blowback from their own mustard gas.

[zeaal]

Are all of the Syrians and others from the region that are streaming into Iraq to fight aware that Saddam has and intends to use chemical weapons ... do you think Saddam is issuing all of these Jihad fighters C/B suits to protect them? When their skin starts bubbling and their lungs begin to shut down ... what will they think then?

[Nita Nuprez]

I think Saddam trusted too much in French assurances that the UN would keep the US out of Iraq. By the time he woke up, it was too late to change strategies and save face.

I hope you're right, Bob. That would mean he's still showing some resemblance of common sense.

[NMFXSTC]

Dear Bob J.,

Having spent 27 years in uniform, two Purple Hearts and more time in a chem suit than you've had in a sports coat, I think I have just a wee bit more saavy about our military then you, eh? Mustard gas is minor compared to the host of others...and, by the way...who supplied Iraq with those chemicals...hhhhmmmmm??? Look back a few years. AND, if you doubt we have chem/bio...take a look around Denver, albuquerque, a few more...

[Bob J]

I didn't say we did not have them, I said we would not use them. Are you saying the US will retaliate with chem/bio as opposed to tactical nukes if Hussein launches first?

[McGavin999]

I want to know who manufactured the chemical suits.

[NMFXSTC]

Bob,

If Iraq employs chem/bio, trust me...we will retalate...with MOAB, air fuel bursts and possibly a tactical nuke. I think we have no choices here if it comes to that (then again, I think you are witnessing Vietnam all over again...)

[supercat]

Aren't most chemical agents and biotoxins rendered inert after the ambient air has been raised to a temperature of 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit?

Chemical weapons aren't a threat to our troops, and probably aren't a threat to the Iraqi troops, but they're a big threat to the Iraqi citizens. Is there any way to use the "magic heater" in such a way as to clear the air without it creating massive casualties by itself? How powerful is the updraft from one of those things? Could one or more outside Baghdad be used to clear the air of chemical weapons without doing undue damage to the city or its occupants?

[supercat]

If Iraq employs chem/bio, trust me...we will retalate...with MOAB, air fuel bursts and possibly a tactical nuke. I think we have no choices here if it comes to that (then again, I think you are witnessing Vietnam all over again...)

Do Saddam's chemical weapons pose any significant threat to our troops? I'm far more concerned about Saddam's minions gassing everyone in Baghdad than I am about his gassing our troops (he may try both, but only succeed in the former). I can't see any scenario where nuclear retaliation would be appropriate; the only way I can see Bush wanting to use nukes would be as an emergency gas-attack rescue device, and I lack the physics background to know if such a thing could work.

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

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