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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (156556)4/27/2003 1:37:30 PM
From: Oeconomicus  Read Replies (1) of 164684
 
More lies?

U.S. Said to Find Iraq Nerve Gas Evidence
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 11:49 a.m. ET

BAIJI, Iraq (AP) -- U.S. troops found about a dozen 55-gallon drums in an open field near this northern Iraqi town, and initial tests indicated one of them contained a mixture of a nerve agent and mustard gas, an American officer said Sunday.

Lt. Col. Ted Martin of the 10th Cavalry Regiment said troops went to the site at midnight Friday after having been alerted by U.S. Special Forces teams, which were suspicious because of the presence of surface-to-air missiles guarding the area.

A chemical team checked the drums, one of which tested positive for cyclosarin, a nerve agent, and a blister agent which could have been mustard gas, Martin said.

``I am satisfied that it is sarin,'' Martin said, adding that further tests were being conducted.

Soldiers also found two mobile laboratories that contained equipment for mixing chemicals, but they appeared to have been ransacked by looters, Martin said.

nytimes.com
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