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Politics : Attack Iraq? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (5083)	3/23/2003 10:06:47 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 8683

Chemical weapons find report 'premature': US smh.com.au 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''. ``Media reports are premature,'' said the statement read by Pentagon spokesman Major James Cassella. But he added: ``We are looking into sites of interest.'' The report originated from the Jerusalem Post's Caroline Glick, who is on the road to Baghdad with the US 3rd Infantry. Ewen Buchanan, spokesman for UN weapons inspectors, said the weapons inspectors are not aware of any large-scale chemical sites which could be used to make chemical weapons in An Najaf. However, there are many such dual-use sites in other parts of the country because of Iraq's petrochemical industry. UN inspectors visited a cement plant in An Najaf earlier this year but did not report finding anything.