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Politics : Stop the War!

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To: Machaon who wrote (2072)3/23/2003 9:43:41 PM
From: Just_Observing  Read Replies (4) of 21614
 
Chemical weapons find report 'premature': US

The Pentagon says that reports of a "huge" cache of chemical weapons being found by allied troops south of Baghdad are ``premature'', although the US is "looking into sites of interest".

An Iraqi general was being questioned about the apparent discovery of a large camouflaged chemical weapons plant covering 100 acres at An Najaf, south of Baghdad.

Asked at a news conference in Qatar today about reports of the chemical plant, Lieutenant General John Abizaid of US Central Command declined comment, the Associated Press reported.

He said top Iraqi officers had been questioned about chemical weapons.

``We have an Iraqi general officer, two Iraqi general officers that we have taken prisoner, and they are providing us with information,'' Abizaid said.

The Pentagon later issued a brief statement saying the reports of a ``huge'' chemical weapons factory in central Iraq were ``premature''.

smh.com.au
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