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| Missiles found in Iraqi Chemical Plant |
| 2003-03-25 |
| I found this via Instapundit. EXPERTS are examining suspected Scud missiles discovered by British soldiers searching a chemical plant outside Basra. A number of the grey-painted rockets, about 23ft long, were found in the Dirhamiyah petro-chemical plant close to Iraq’s second city. If this pans out, it's obviously a big find. The discovery has raised suspicions that Saddam Hussein was planning to arm the missiles with chemical warheads. British officers say it is difficult to find an innocent explanation for storing missiles in a chemical plant. No kidding. |
| Posted by:Patrick Phillips |
| #9 Here's the link: Scud Info |
| Posted by: Dar Steckelberg 2003-03-25 15:09:09 |
| #8 Hey Fred, could you turn Anonymous's SCUD info URL (3 comments above) into a link? The page is falling off the screen again! Thanks... |
| Posted by: Old Grouch 2003-03-25 14:48:02 |
| #7 Gotta hope/believe we are "disarming WMD" nearly every evening in those flashes in the distant skies, and I agree it may take some longer term forcenics to reconstruct our proof... which will have been "planted" by the Great Satan anyway, according to the Arab street. Hans would be proud of our pace, but would caution us against moving to quickly... The "good stuff" will probably in the paperwork trail that emerges from private homes. Let's see, postmarked Paris? Frankfort? Hummm. |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2003-03-25 11:44:53 |
| #6 I am anything BUT a chemical engineer, but it's my guess that we won't find evidence until later, after the military phase is over. SammyCo have had plenty of time to hide / destroy the most incriminating evidence of any WMD program, so I wouldn't expect our troops to trip over any 55-gallon drums with Mr. Yuk stickers all over them. It could come down to small stockpiles (juh'know, in Damascus), or just chemical detection of what used to be a pond full o' VX. The sci-tech people are really going to be earning their paychecks on this one. |
| Posted by: matt 2003-03-25 11:24:31 |
| #5 SCUD info: http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iraq/missile/scud_info/scud_info_s02.htm#III.%C2%A0%20IRAQ%E2%80%99S%20SCUD%20CHARACTERISTICS%20AND%20CAPABILITIES |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-25 11:22:32 |
| #4 Oh - I thought Saddam didnt have anything. Kill the bastard.......What are the French saying now????........They should level out Iraq and get the hell out of there.....Kill everyone that comes in their path... |
| Posted by: Andrea from Jersey 2003-03-25 10:41:34 |
| #3 Too short for Scuds. Probably FROGs. |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-03-25 10:10:02 |
| #2 It's way too early to tell, and rumors and contradictory reports keep flying around, but you KNOW that something sinister was going on there. You don't spend all that money and effort to camouflage a Baby Milk Factory(TM). |
| Posted by: Dar Steckelberg 2003-03-25 09:54:02 |
| #1 Apparently, the first plant isn't a real WMD plant, although one wonders what WAS being manufactured there for it to have camoflage, barracks, an electric fence, AND a general minding the store. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-03-25 09:45:44 |