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05/17/2004: "WMDs found in Iraq"

From Command Post: "an artillery shell filled with Sarin gas has been discovered in Iraq" and "approximately 2 weeks ago there was another shell that contained mustard gas". Includes links to FNC, CNN, AP, and Reuters.
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From the comments:

Note that the shell isn’t ineffective as an IED per se, it was just in this instance the shell had not been set off correctly. As stated, there seemed to be no markings on the shell that indicated it contained sarin. Being a binary device, the chemical component didn’t work as intended. The chemicals could be removed and used in antoher device, or the shell could be rigged to work, just differently than was done in this case.

The problem is that now the insurgents know they have chemical weapons, and you can bet that they will be checking through their stockpiles. I’m not surprised Army is downplaying this - the potential for harm is huge, even more from the psychological than the physical effects - imagine 2000 dead from a sarin release in a marketplace.

-BF
Posted by BacksightForethought at May 17, 2004 12:31 PM