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To: NickSE who wrote (88792)4/1/2003 1:02:34 PM
From: NickSE  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
.....Today's speech came as U.S. Special Forces teams operating in northern Iraq seized manuals on the production of deadly poison gases, chemical masks and other documentation in raids on the camps of Islamic militants with alleged links to the al Qaeda terror organization.

The raids in Sargat and elsewhere in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq also turned up the names of several militants believed to be living in the U.S.

ABCNEWS' Jim Sciutto, who is embedded with the Special Forces units, described the documents seized as "significant."

He said the documents include manuals dealing with the production of Sarin gas, cyanide and ricin. Chemical masks, atropine injectors and possible al Qaeda manuals were also taken. Atropine is an antidote for nerve gas.....

abcnews.go.com