A Usenet persona calling itself riverman wrote:


"Scott Weiser" wrote in message
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He did. Evidence of Sarin was found on the battlefield, and numerous
Sarin-filled artillery shells were found.

Where is your source for this?

The "many" was a misstatement. Two WMD artillery shells were found, one with
Sarin, the other with mustard gas. Both were probably parts of stockpiles
used during the Iran-Iraq war and on the Kurds which Hussein said had been
destroyed. Where there's one, there's most likely more.

It was barely reported by the major news media during the invasion, then it
disappeared from the radar.

"The Iraqi Survey Group confirmed today that a 155-millimeter artillery
round containing sarin nerve agent had been found,"*Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt
(search), the chief military spokesman in Iraq, told reporters in Baghdad.
"The round had been rigged as an IED (improvised explosive device) which was
discovered by a U.S. force convoy."

Fox News, Monday, May 17, 2004

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120137,00.html

"Nerve gas bomb' explodes in Iraq

Rockets filled with sarin were destroyed in Iraq after the Gulf War
An artillery shell containing a small amount of the nerve gas sarin has
exploded in Iraq.

Brig Gen Mark Kimmitt said the blast had caused a small release of the
substance and two people had been treated for exposure to the agent.

The substance was found in a shell inside a bag discovered by a US convoy a
few days ago, he said.

It appears to be the first evidence of nerve gas existing in Iraq since the
start of the US-led war last year."

BBC News, Monday, 17 May, 2004, 15:50 GMT 16:50 UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3722255.stm

"It was a weapon we believed was stocked from the ex-regime time," Kimmitt
said. "It had been thought to be an ordinary artillery shell, set up like an
IED [improvised explosive device]. When it exploded, it indicated that it
had some sarin in it."

The general said the Iraqi Survey Group, headed by Charles Duelfer, would
determine if the shell's discovery indicated Saddam possessed chemical
weapons before the U.S. invasion last year. Officials in Washington said
another shell -- this one containing mustard gas -- was found 10 days ago in
Iraq.

U.S. probes discovery of shell believed to contain sarin gas

"It was a weapon we believed was stocked from the ex-regime time," Kimmitt
said. "It had been thought to be an ordinary artillery shell, set up like an
IED [improvised explosive device]. When it exploded, it indicated that it
had some sarin in it."

"The general said the Iraqi Survey Group, headed by Charles Duelfer, would
determine if the shell's discovery indicated Saddam possessed chemical
weapons before the U.S. invasion last year. Officials in Washington said
another shell -- this one containing mustard gas -- was found 10 days ago in
Iraq."

Monday, May 17, 2004 Posted: 9:08 PM EDT (0108 GMT)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)


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