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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (10015)	3/23/2003 7:58:17 PM
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<g> washingtonpost.com scroll down: whitehouse.gov Cover stories -- Many will remember the baby-milk plant story from during the Gulf War. After coalition forces bombed a suspected biological weapons plant at Abu Ghurayb, Iraq claimed the site was a factory for making infant formula. The site was painted military camouflage, surrounded by double chain-link fences and had armed guards posted at the entrances. "The Iraqis quickly prepared a hand-painted sign in English and Arabic. They dressed up plant personnel in uniforms labeled 'baby milk plant.' Then the Iraqis brought in foreign media representatives to the facility for a controlled tour," Yurechko said. "Regrettably there are a number of people in the West and Middle East that believed this story." Another cover story involved a so-called castor oil plant at Fallujah. Coalition aircraft bombed the plant in 1991 and again during Operation Desert Fox in 1998. The Iraqis have since rebuilt it again and claim the site extracts castor oil for brake fluid. Yurechko pointed out castor beans are used to produce ricin, a deadly biological toxin. globalsecurity.org