WMD Reported Found

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I believe the final determination re: whether or not WMD have been found has yet to be determined. What I find most intriguing is that this chemical "find" was situtated adjacent to a military training camp/firing range, replete with a huge cache of artillery, ammunition, weapons, etc.

Many of the cannisters labled "pesticide" were found in open areas, leading many to conclude that this was merely an innocent storage site for legitimate agricultural pesticides. Interesting that pestiticides intended for benign application, would just happen to be stored next to a military camp. And even more interesting to note that other barrels would be found hidden from view, in deep, freshly dug trenches, covered by natural camfolague. And I think it's important to note as well that being labled a "pesticide," does not automically vindicate it's use as a WMD. In fact, many of the chemcials notably used in WMD are materials found in commonly used agricultural pesticides. It is the concentration that most often reveals it's intended use. In this case, intitial tests performed at the site revealed a concentration far above the normal range for legitimate agricultural use.

Regradless of whether this particular discovery proves to be WMD or not, no one can deny the fact that historically Saddam has manufactured, stored and has used with impunity, such chemical and biological agents. Again, let us reference that virtuous, august body, that paragon of pure truth, the U.N., and their recent report on the status of Iraq's possession of WMD. As reported in the article cited below:

"Inspectors from the United Nations Special Commission, or UNSCOM, destroyed some 76 tons of Iraqi tabun and 40 tons of sarin in the 1990s. But UNSCOM reported in 1999 that it could not account for all the nerve agent known to have been produced, nor for all the thousands of 122mm rockets known to have been filled with sarin."


Whatever one's stance on this war, it seems to me disingenuous for anyone to doubt their existence. Whether they will ever be found or not remains to be seen.

Here's what today's Washington Post reports.

Washington Post Reports on Chemical Find-/08/03