Sarin Discovered in Iraq
From al Reuters:The U.S. military said Monday an artillery shell exploded in Iraq had released a small amount of the nerve agent sarin
Matt's Chat
Interesting. Let's watch this one develop...1;30PM Update
More details from the San Francisco Chronicle, via Hugh Hewitt:A roadside bomb containing deadly sarin nerve agent exploded near a U.S. military convoy, the U.S. military said Monday. It was believed to be the first confirmed finding of any of the banned weapons upon which the United States based its case for the Iraq war.Well, if the ISG says it is true, it must be so...
Two people were treated for "minor exposure," but no serious injuries were reported.
The deadly chemical was inside an artillery shell dating to the Saddam Hussein era that had been rigged as a bomb in Baghdad, said Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, the chief military spokesman in Iraq.
U.S. troops have announced the discovery of other chemical weapons before, only to see them disproved by later tests. A dozen chemical shells were also found by U.N. inspectors before the war; they had been tagged for destruction in the 1990s but somehow were not destroyed.
"The Iraqi Survey Group confirmed today that a 155-millimeter artillery round containing sarin nerve agent had been found," Kimmitt said. "The round had been rigged as an IED (improvised explosive device) which was discovered by a U.S. force convoy.
Mark's Remarks
UPDATE: More chemical weapons have been found in shells today. Apparently mustard gas was found in some shells used as IEDs as well. What remains unclear is whether or not the terrorists using these shells either knew they had chemical agents, or if they added the agents themselves. Either way, it continues to show that Iraq was a danger with chem weapons, and there is evidence being discovered of things Saddam kept hidden. The ISG confirms this Sarin was probably among the 500 shells Saddam did not reveal to the inspectors.
Of course, this will be poo pooed and will receive little coverage, because the Big Media is Kerry's defacto propaganda machine, and we cannot derail the propaganda express that there are no WMD in Iraq, now can we?
