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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (376820)3/23/2003 6:53:31 PM
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OPERATION: IRAQI FREEDOM

U.S. captures Iraqi chemical-weapons plant - 100-acre, camouflaged facility overtaken 90 miles south of Baghdad

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Posted: March 23, 2003
4:00 p.m. Eastern

© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

U.S. forces have uncovered an illegal chemical-weapons plant in An Najaf, some 90 miles south of Baghdad, according to a report in the Jerusalem Post.

At least 30 Iraqi troops, including a general, surrendered today to troops with the 3rd Infantry Division within minutes of U.S. forces entering the area to capture the huge sheet metal-lined chemical weapons production facility.

One U.S. soldier was wounded when a booby-trapped explosive went off at the 100-acre complex, which is surrounded by an electrical fence.

The Post states the surrounding barracks resemble an abandoned slum and the facility was camouflaged in sand-cast walls to make it look like the surrounding desert, in an apparent attempt to keep it from being photographed aerially.

U.S. Lt. Gen. John Abizaid told reporters: ''I'm not going to confirm that report, but we have one or two ... officers who are providing us with information.''
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