Reuters is reporting statements made by the US Army that a shell containing Sarin gas was discovered in a IED this past Saturday in Baghdad. From the report....
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A small amount of the nerve agent sarin was found in a shell that exploded in Iraq (news - web sites), the U.S. army said Monday in the first announcement of discovery of any of the weapons on which Washington made its case for war.
Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt told a news conference the substance had been found in an artillery shell inside a bag discovered by a U.S. convoy a few days ago. The round had exploded, causing a small release of the substance, he said.
"The Iraq Survey Group has confirmed today that a 155 (mm) artillery round containing sarin nerve agent had been found. The round had been rigged as an IED (improvised explosive device) that was discovered by a U.S. force convoy," he said.
Luckily, nobody was injured when this shell went off, but it is an omnious sign.
Are we about to find out what happened to Iraq's WMD the hard way, or is this an aberration?
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May 17 2004, 04:30 PM
