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To: Findit who wrote (17071)	1/11/2004 6:13:44 PM
From: Bucky Katt	Respond to of 48461

Jim, first of all I would not call old rusty artillery shells wmd's... Those shells were from the 1980-1988 Iraq-Iran war as far as I can tell. And maybe the non-story is due to the chance they have US finger prints on them, as back then S. Hussein was our best buddy... Funny that the Danes were the ones to find them, but they have a policy of not putting their troops in a line of fire situation. Anyway, to me that is a non-story in that those were old, rusty & crusty ordinance that is good for one thing, scrap.. So, they found rusting junk... BTW, the US WMD search team has gone home.. A 400-strong US military team that has been searching for illicit weapons in Iraq have been withdrawn after finding nothing of substance, although a separate group looking for weapons of mass destruction still remains in the country, The New York Times reported. "They picked up everything that was worth picking up," one US official told the daily, referring to the Joint Captured Materiel Exploitation Group, made up of technical experts headed by an unidentified Australian brigadier. The team's task included searching weapons depots and other sites for missile launchers that might have been used with illicit weapons, another also unidentified Defense Department official was quoted as saying. The withdrawal of the 400-member military team was seen by some military officials as a sign that the US government may no longer expect to uncover chemical or biological weapons in Iraq, the daily said. A separate military team tasked with disposing of chemical or biological weapons in Iraq remains part of the 1,400-member Iraq Survey Group that has been searching for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq since Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was overthrown, a member of the survey group said. However he told the paper that the group in question, known as Task Force D/E, for disablement and elimination, was "still waiting for something to dispose of."

To: Findit who wrote (17071)	1/11/2004 9:08:39 PM
From: xcr600	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 48461

Did you see the pictures of those mortar shells? Looked like something that had been rotting in the sea for 20years. Junk. Just like the need for war.

To: Findit who wrote (17071)	1/19/2004 9:51:32 AM
From: xcr600	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 48461

Posting the facts in case the state run Faux Newz Channel didnt ever do a followup.. Danish army: Iraqi shells WMD-free COPENHAGEN, Denmark --Mortar shells found in Iraq and believed to be suspicious in fact contained no chemical agents, the Danish army said after a week of tests. The 36 shells, found 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of the city of Qurnah in southern Iraq on January 9, had initially been thought by Danish and British troops to contain a blister agent. But further tests carried out in southern Iraq and the United States were negative, the Danish army said in a statement on Sunday, The Associated Press reported. It was unclear why the initial field tests were wrong, the Danish army said from its headquarters in Karup, 265 km northwest of Copenhagen. "The Danish Army Operational Command will now investigate what could be the cause to this," the statement said. It added that the testing kits would be sent to Denmark for examination. U.S. Army officials had said the 120 mm shells, which are at least 10 years old, was surplus from the Iran-Iraq war in the mid-1980s. Blister agents are used in chemical weapons. Several hundred Danish soldiers are working with a British-led multinational force responsible for security in southern Iraq. Both the U.S. and British governments cited the threat of illicit weapons of mass destruction as a main reason for launching the Iraq war. However, no such weapons have been found so far. The U.S. pulled 400 weapons-disposal experts from Iraq this month in what The New York Times called "a sign that [the] administration might have lowered its sights." The move raised suspicions that weapons are unlikely to be found. The White House played down the move, saying the group focused on hunting weapons was remaining in Iraq. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2004 CNN. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report. Find this article at: cnn.com