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Documents Suggest Iraq May Use Chemical Weapons (WARREN HOGE, January 24, 2003, NY Times)

Iraqi military documents smuggled out of the country in the past month suggest that Saddam Hussein is preparing to use chemical and biological weapons against troops invading Baghdad, the BBC reported today.

The hand-written Arabic-language notes say that elite units of the Iraqi armed forces have been issued new chemical warfare suits and supplies of the drug atropine, used to counter the effects of nerve gas.

Experts who have seen the documents say that since the countries that might invade Iraq would not be using chemical weapons, the only reason Mr. Hussein would equip his most loyal corps with such protection is to guard them against his own use of chemical warfare weapons to repel invaders.

I thought they didn't have any weapons any more? Posted by Orrin Judd at January 24, 2003 10:29 PM