US special forces report finding evidence of chemical weapons at a suspected Al-Queta training camp in northern Iraq according to MSNBC.

I know that a US report about the finding of chemical weapons in Iraq, especially when associated with Al-Queta in any way, shape, or form, will be discounted "out of hand" by many, but still it is being reported. [img]tongue.gif[/img] :D

<font color='white'> I heard that US forces found Al-Samoud (sp) missels, the ones that they were suppouse to destory, but now chemical war head were in them. </font>

Could well be.
It's an area that SH has not been in control of since 1993.

So far I've only heard that they US forces found 'chemicals' - they haven't been identified (according to local Kurds and 'embedded' reporters) - for all we know they might have been household cleaners ;)

And as Skunk correctly pointed out - SH haven't cortrolled that area of the country for years.

[ 04-02-2003, 05:01 AM: Message edited by: Ar-Cunin ]

Ah, but you can't blame us for being cautious and skeptical about these kinds of reports - something similar has been reported before, and that turned out to be nothing as well. We'll just have to wait and see if it's different this time around. ;)

[ 04-02-2003, 05:42 AM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]

Of course not Groj, that clarification I added was meant to be mostly tongue in cheek. ;)

I saw this story on the "ticker tape" scrolling headline last night, but never heard the announcer address the story. I haven't heard anything else about it since last night. Maybe another "spoke too soon"? [img]smile.gif[/img]

It's true that Saddam isn't in control there but the chemicals were found in areas that were until recently controlled by the terrorist group Ansar al-Islam who had links with Saddam and al-quaida. They had been attacking the Kurds in northern Iraq.