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

To: calgal who wrote (5098)	3/23/2003 11:56:03 PM
From: calgal	Respond to of 8683

OPERATION: IRAQI FREEDOM U.S. captures Iraqi chemical-weapons plant 100-acre, camouflaged facility overtaken 90 miles south of Baghdad -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: March 23, 2003 4:00 p.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com U.S. forces have uncovered an illegal chemical-weapons plant in An Najaf, some 90 miles south of Baghdad, according to a report in the Jerusalem Post. The discovery of the chemical plant was also later confirmed by Fox News. A senior Pentagon official told network correspondent Bret Baier that coaltion forces discovered a ''huge'' chemical-weapons factory near An Najaf. At least 30 Iraqi troops, including a general, surrendered today to troops with the 3rd Infantry Division within minutes of U.S. forces entering the area to capture the sheet metal-lined chemical weapons production facility. One U.S. soldier was wounded when a booby-trapped explosive went off at the 100-acre complex, which is surrounded by an electrical fence. F-16 Fighting Falcon preps to refuel near Iraq The Post states the surrounding barracks resemble an abandoned slum and the facility was camouflaged in sand-cast walls to make it look like the surrounding desert, in an apparent attempt to keep it from being photographed aerially. U.N. weapons inspectors are not aware of any large-scale chemical sites which could be used to make chemical weapons in Najaf, a spokesman for the inspectors, Ewen Buchanan, told the Associated Press. U.N. inspectors visited a cement plant there earlier this year but did not report finding anything. If the plant is confirmed as a chemical weapons factory, it would be the first find by the U.S.-led invasion force validating U.S. allegations that Iraq still has weapons of mass destruction. Iraqi officials have insisted they destroyed all of the chemical and biological weapons they made after the 1991 Persian Gulf War. URL:http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31679