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Pentagon Reportedly Hushed Up Chemical Weapons Finds In Iraq

Posted by samzenpus on from the these-are-not-the-chemicals-you-are-looking-for dept.

mr_mischief writes "Multiple sources report that the US found remnants of WMD programs, namely chemical weapons, in Iraq after all. Many US soldiers were injured by them, in fact. The Times reports: "From 2004 to 2011, American and American-trained Iraqi troops repeatedly encountered, and on at least six occasions were wounded by, chemical weapons remaining from years earlier in Saddam Hussein's rule. In all, American troops secretly reported finding roughly 5,000 chemical warheads, shells or aviation bombs, according to interviews with dozens of participants, Iraqi and American officials, and heavily redacted intelligence documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act."

2 of 376 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Designed in US, Built in EU, Filled in Iraq by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hence the ha-ha-only-serious joke told during the farcical run-up to the war: "How do we know Iraq has chemical weapons? We have the receipts."

  2. Re:So confused by ThatsDrDangerToYou · · Score: 3, Funny

    And the bush administration, though not bush himself, was pushing the (clearly bogus) nuclear line pretty hard. "Aluminum tubes! Why else would they ever need to buy aluminum tubes?"

    Could these tubes be used for the internets traffic?