[drhogan]

i looked on the army web site and it wasn't clear to me exactly how this document was obtained.
if the freeper doing the translation doesn't want to answer, or doesn't have time to answer, that's not a problem with me.
do you know how and from whom the army obtained the document?
some people seem to assume that the document constitutes proof that the iraqis had chemical weapons in 2001, but it is not clear to me that it does.
before claiming that it constitutes proof, questions about the document itself would need to be answered.

[justa-hairyape]

before claiming that it constitutes proof, questions about the document itself would need to be answered.

We don't need proof, just enough evidence to justify an inquiry. In this case, the inquiry was already carried out by the US military.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Are you aware of the documents on the Prewardocs keyword list.....?

Go here:

Prewardocs list

This one is a good place to start:

US puts Iraqi documents on the Web ~ MSM acknowledges ...Goal is to speed up translation of files

[BlueStateDepression]

One angle I would like to offer as to this tidbit.
I would like to know if this platoon and its activities and equipment were DECLARED.

I offer that could be a good pointer to their actual purpose. Defensive units would have been declared and inspected....as they posed no WDM threat....right?