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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (2029)	3/23/2003 8:34:22 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Respond to of 21614

Thats almost 2 hours old. story.news.yahoo.com This is only 30 minutes old

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (2029)	3/23/2003 8:41:28 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

Actually....that is from 6:53 SATURDAY....Thats over 24 hours old. This current story COULD be the smoking gun. story.news.yahoo.com

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (2029)	3/23/2003 8:56:43 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

US TROOPS CAPTURE CHEMICAL PLANT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Caroline Glick Mar. 23, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About 30 Iraqi troops, including a general, surrendered today to US forces of the 3rd Infantry Division as they overtook huge installation apparently used to produce chemical weapons in An Najaf, some 250 kilometers south of Baghdad. One soldier was lightly wounded when a booby-trapped explosive went off as he was clearing the sheet metal-lined facility, which resembles the eery images of scientific facilities in World War II concentration camps. The huge 100-acre complex, which is surrounded by a electrical fence, is perhaps the first illegal chemical plant to be uncovered by US troops in their current mission in Iraq. The surrounding barracks resemble an abandoned slum. It wasn't immediately clear exactly which chemicals were being produced here, but clearly the Iraqis tried to camouflage the facility so it could not be photographed aerially, by swathing it in sand-cast walls to make it look like the surrounding desert. Within minutes of our entry into the camp on Sunday afternoon, at least 30 Iraqi soldiers and their commanding officer of the rank of General, obeyed the instructions of US soldiers who called out from our jeep in loudspeakers for them to lie down on the ground, and put their hands above their heads to surrender. Today's operation is the third engagement with Iraqi forces by the First Brigade of the US army's 3rd Infantry Division, since Saturday afternoon. So far in the campaign, the brigade has suffered no losses. But two were wounded Saturday night in an ambush on the outskirts of As-Samwah in southern Iraq. jpost.com Yeah, I know that link doesn't work. Hopefully will have a working one in a few minutes. Article is from Jerusalem Post.