Originally posted by lasersailor184
The Syrians have them. They know we know they have them.
That really wouldnt surprise me considering he tried sending his airforce to Iran in Gulf war I.
Also it is my understanding that in the case of the Bio weapons in particular that the amount we would be looking for would fit in a two car garage.
And we would be looking for them in an area the size of Texas.
What I would like to know is how much Dual use Chemical stuff they found.
Stuff that in and of themselves are nothing But. Combined with other chemicals create a Chemical weapon.
Kinda like Ammonia and Bleach. Most people have them in their homes and by themselves they are only perfectly legitimate cleaning agents. But mix the two together and you have poison gas
From what I understand abaou how Iraqs Chemical weapon program worked is they didnt keep stockpiles of the stuff ready to fire but rather mixed the stuff on site just prior to them using them.
Seems Saddam didnt trust just anyone for this task and thus had only a few specific people who were authorised to do it under his orders.
Would make sence to me particularly if he thought he might be under the threat of inspections or accusations of WMDs.
Inspections would turn up nothing but chemicals that have a legitimate other uses and thus cant be claimed as a WMD untill they are actually mixed together.
