Munitions Found in Iraq Meet WMD Criteria, Official Says
By Samantha L. Quigley
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2006 – The 500 munitions discovered throughout Iraq since 2003 and discussed in a National Ground Intelligence Center report meet the criteria of weapons of mass destruction, the center's commander said here today.
"These are chemical weapons as defined under the Chemical Weapons Convention, and yes ... they do constitute weapons of mass destruction," Army Col. John Chu told the House Armed Services Committee.
The Chemical Weapons Convention is an arms control agreement which outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons. It was signed in 1993 and entered into force in 1997.
The munitions found contain sarin and mustard gases, Army Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said. Sarin attacks the neurological system and is potentially lethal.
"Mustard is a blister agent (that) actually produces burning of any area (where) an individual may come in contact with the agent," he said. It also is potentially fatal if it gets into a person's lungs.
The munitions addressed in the report were produced in the 1980s, Maples said. Badly corroded, they could not currently be used as originally intended, Chu added.
Defense.gov News Article: Munitions Found in Iraq Meet WMD Criteria, Official Says
Now this is what I have claimed from day one. If you do not like that take it up with the DOD
not me
if being accurate is being a dumb ass, then that is me
Every-one knows we did not find what the intelligence from the UN and other agencies was probably moved prior to our invading as the UN has stated there are still 6500 munitions missing that Saddam had accounted for at one time
All I ever stated was that congress approved the use of force to remove saddam and or enforce UN sanctions
These munitions where not suppose to exist that were found
they met the criteria as a WMD as noted here-in
the 6500 that were never found was Saddam's to prove otherwise
not ours
Do some DD before you continue to make yourself look so out of touch and stop making false statements about what others have stated