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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (5493)	4/16/2003 7:46:21 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 15987

Geezus!! I'm getting a bit pssed off at how top military leaders are stepping on their $%@#! speaking out too quickly about possible weapons labs before they have some decent facts. I distinctly recall that an officer was quoted as stating that they were DEFINITELY DUAL USE, chemical and biological. The very fact that these 11 containers were buried containing expensive scientific equipment seemed like some very real evidence of a WMD mobile lab. The seach for the smoking gun continues (stay tuned). edition.cnn.com Tests rule out suspect bio-labs Tuesday, April 15, 2003 Posted: 2153 GMT ( 5:53 AM HKT) KARBALA, Iraq (CNN) -- The buried labs U.S. troops found last week were not the mobile chemical and biological weapons labs one U.S. Army general suspected, according to the head of an expert team brought in to examine them. The 11 cargo containers were filled with new laboratory equipment apparently intended to make conventional weapons, said team leader Chief Warrant Officer 2 Monte Gonzalez. "Based on what we've seen, the containers are full of millions of dollars worth of high-tech equipment," he said. "It possibly has a dual use. But it does not appear to be weapons of mass destruction."