Remember how we’ve been told by the peaceniks that Iraq doesn’t have any banned WMDs? Oops:
Fayetteville Online
U.S. troops find chemicals
By Kevin Maurer
Staff writerSOUTH CENTRAL IRAQ – U.S. forces uncovered a huge weapons cache Thursday on the outskirts of Samawah.
An 82nd Airborne Division chemical officer said missiles and chemical agents that could be used as weapons were found nearby.
The find came as Fort Bragg troops, working with other units, continue to guard supply lines for the soldiers and Marines pushing their way into Baghdad. The 82nd is operating around Samawah, a city of 180,000 people in south central Iraq.
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the 41st Infantry Regiment were setting up a traffic checkpoint in the southwestern part of the city when they discovered the weapons.
“I walked up on it,” said Pfc. Eric Colvin. He was searching buildings in an industrial park on the side of the road. The 41st Infantry called in soldiers from the 82nd’s 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment to destroy the cache.
Soldiers said it contained about 1,300 mortar rounds, 450 rocket-propelled grenades and two RPG launchers. About 1,000 rounds of small arms ammunition and 700 grenades were also discovered.
Via Command Post.
“Remember how we’ve been told by the peaceniks that Iraq doesn’t have any banned WMDs?”
No, I don’t remember that. Please provide citations.