I also believe that Saddam wouldn't plan for a chemical attack against THEM...because they know we don't use those kinds of chemicals...
This is a good point from Txsleuth. If this Chemical Platoon was for decontamination, who was he worried would be using chemical weapons against him? I don't know if he might have had a clean-up unit fearing Iran or someone else would hit him with chemical weapons.
LOL ... Maybe he was worried that Syria would use the chemical weapons he gave to them against him.