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To: sun-tzu who wrote (229141)	3/18/2003 6:25:39 PM
From: orkrious	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

U.S.: Iraqi forces may have mustard, VX gases cnn.com *BULLISH!!!* WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Iraqi Republican Guard military units south of Baghdad may now have chemical munitions filled with a form of VX nerve agent as well as mustard gas, U.S. military officials Tuesday told CNN. Officials base the possibility on intelligence reports that include the monitoring of Iraqi military communications. The United States also has indications of sabotage against oil fields in the southern Iraqi region of Rumailah, where at least one oil well has been spilling crude into the desert for over 24 hours. The United States believes the spill is deliberate, and that it is an effort to create a physical obstacle in the desert to hinder the movement of U.S. troops. Overhead surveillance has detected additional oil spillage under way at other wells. The United States is trying to determine whether the wells have been uncapped or if the safety valves have been removed. Those valves would automatically stop the flow of crude oil if there is an accident. A U.S. military official also confirms to CNN that new radio messages are being broadcast into Iraq, telling Iraqi military units precisely how to indicate their surrender to U.S. forces. The message calls for Iraqi troops to leave their weapons and vehicles in the field and return to their barracks. Iraqi officers would be permitted to keep sidearms. Iraqi military units who follow the surrender protocol and present no threat to U.S. forces will be left alone. The Pentagon hopes Iraqi units will follow these rules of surrender so that the U.S. military will not be bogged down with potentially having to handle hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war.