Thank the Danes for finding these WMD:
Coalition experts are examining dozens of mortar shells found in southern Iraq which could contain chemical weapons.
Danish troops who found them said they showed traces of blister gases - compounds which include mustard gas.
However, US officials played down the find, saying the shells were probably left over from Saddam Hussein's 1980-88 war with Iran.
The coalition has yet to uncover proof that Iraq was still developing weapons at the time of the war last spring.
The 36 120mm shells appear to have been buried for at least 10 years, the Danes said.
Results of more extensive tests should be available in about two days, they said on an official website quoted by the Reuters news agency.
The Danish troops, who serve with the US-led coalition in Iraq and are supported by Icelandic munitions experts, will continue searches for any more weapons buried at the same site, north of Basra.
The interesting thing about the article is that they use "coalition" and that it was Danes and Icelanders (?) who were working together to find these. Think about the horrors of these munitions and think what they could've done to our troops or Saddams internal enemies.
Sunday, January 11, 2004
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