Fallujah Defenders Vow To
Use Chem Weapons
By Hala Jaber in Baghdad
The Sunday Times
11-1-4
As the US reeled from the death of nine marines in Iraq at the
weekend, insurgents in Fallujah claimed to have obtained chemical
weapons and threatened to use them in any battle for control of the
rebel stronghold.
Rebel commanders said chemicals such as cyanide had been added to
mortar rounds and missiles that would be deployed against coalition
troops reported to be preparing for a major assault on the town west
of Baghdad.
A military committee made up of former officers in Saddam Hussein's
army, including experts on chemicals and guerrilla warfare, is said to
have been organising forces in Fallujah and planning tactics.
The committee is understood to include members of all the main
insurgent groups, including that of Iraq's most wanted man, Abu Musab
al-Zarqawi, the terrorist leader behind the beheading of several
foreign hostages and a string of car-bomb attacks.
The US suffered its worst day in Iraq since May when the marines were
killed as violence flared across Iraq's rebel heartland.
About 30 Iraqis were killed as the US troops hit back.
A marine spokesman said eight of the soldiers died in a suicide
car-bomb attack near Fallujah and the other was killed in Ramadi.
Nine marines were also wounded, he said, but the US military refused
to provide further details.
The deaths take the US casualty toll since the war started in March
last year to at least 1120. Aid groups say up to 10,000 Iraqis have
been killed.
Seven Iraqis died and 19 were wounded on Saturday when a car bomb was
detonated outside the Baghdad offices of Arabic broadcaster
al-Arabiya.
A group calling itself Thawrat al-Ishrin (Revolution of the 1920s
Brigades) claimed responsibility for the attack on "the infidels'
television".
"The building was destroyed on (the heads of) the spies, the
Americanised journalists ... the mouthpieces of the US occupation in
Iraq," it said in a statement.
The majority Saudi-owned satellite channel has often been attacked on
Islamist websites for its perceived pro-Western stance in the Arab
world.
Sheikh Mahdi al-Sumaidi, a Sunni cleric in Baghdad, warned the US and
interim Iraqi Government against attacking Fallujah.
He said they risked incurring a fatwa, or binding religious decree,
that would command Muslims to launch street protests and a campaign of
civil disobedience.
But US forces continued preparations for the widely expected
offensive, with jets and artillery pounding targets in the city. US
military officials have claimed there are up to 5000 Islamic
militants, Saddam loyalists and criminals barricaded in the town.
"We're gearing up to do an operation and when we're told to go, we'll
go," said Brigadier General Dennis Hejlik, deputy commander of the 1st
Marine Expeditionary Force.
"When we do go, we'll whack them."
The US military emphasised that the final order to attack should come
from Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, who has told the
people of Fallujah to hand over Zarqawi's followers.
Peace talks to avert an assault on Fallujah, believed to have started
last Wednesday, are being held by a Government-backed delegation and
leaders from the rebel-held Sunni city of 200,000 people.
Dr Allawi has demanded foreign militants be expelled from Fallujah and
Iraqi forces, backed by American troops, be allowed into its centre.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair will call a general election in
February rather than May or later next year as had been expected,
London's Sunday Telegraph reported yesterday.
Mr Blair, who will be seeking a third term, hoped to benefit from a
"Baghdad bounce", if Iraq staged successful elections in January as
scheduled, the newspaper said.
The Sunday Times
http://theaustralian.com.au
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Fallujah Defenders Vow To
Use Chem Weapons
By Hala Jaber in Baghdad
The Sunday Times
11-1-4
As the US reeled from the death of nine marines in Iraq at the
weekend, insurgents in Fallujah claimed to have obtained chemical
weapons and threatened to use them in any battle for control of the
rebel stronghold.
Uh huh...
Rebel commanders said chemicals such as cyanide had been added to
mortar rounds and missiles that would be deployed against coalition
troops reported to be preparing for a major assault on the town west
of Baghdad.
Oh. What a brilliant idea. Just one thing - how are they going to get the US
troops to take the cyanide?
<snip>
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01 Nov 2004 09:58:04 AM |
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Fallujah Defenders Vow To
Use Chem Weapons
By Hala Jaber in Baghdad
The Sunday Times
11-1-4
As the US reeled from the death of nine marines in Iraq at the
weekend, insurgents in Fallujah claimed to have obtained chemical
weapons and threatened to use them in any battle for control of the
rebel stronghold.
Uh huh...
Rebel commanders said chemicals such as cyanide had been added to
mortar rounds and missiles that would be deployed against coalition
troops reported to be preparing for a major assault on the town west
of Baghdad.
Oh. What a brilliant idea. Just one thing - how are they going to get the
US
troops to take the cyanide?
Kool Aid stands ... who can resist in the desert?
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<Zak@home.ca> wrote in message
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Fallujah Defenders Vow To
Use Chem Weapons
By Hala Jaber in Baghdad
The Sunday Times
11-1-4
As the US reeled from the death of nine marines in Iraq at the
weekend, insurgents in Fallujah claimed to have obtained chemical
weapons and threatened to use them in any battle for control of the
rebel stronghold.
Uh huh...
Rebel commanders said chemicals such as cyanide had been added to
mortar rounds and missiles that would be deployed against coalition
troops reported to be preparing for a major assault on the town west
of Baghdad.
Oh. What a brilliant idea. Just one thing - how are they going to get
the
US
troops to take the cyanide?
Kool Aid stands ... who can resist in the desert?
FIENDISHLY clever!
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02 Nov 2004 07:32:57 AM |
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On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 15:18:05 +0100, "tw" <no@no.com> wrote:
<Zak@home.ca> wrote in message
news:defco0hrbfjfhiromnjgto5khrkt1mfgss@4ax.com...
Fallujah Defenders Vow To
Use Chem Weapons
By Hala Jaber in Baghdad
The Sunday Times
11-1-4
As the US reeled from the death of nine marines in Iraq at the
weekend, insurgents in Fallujah claimed to have obtained chemical
weapons and threatened to use them in any battle for control of the
rebel stronghold.
Uh huh...
Rebel commanders said chemicals such as cyanide had been added to
mortar rounds and missiles that would be deployed against coalition
troops reported to be preparing for a major assault on the town west
of Baghdad.
Oh. What a brilliant idea. Just one thing - how are they going to get the US
troops to take the cyanide?
<snip>
Don't you think a cyanide tipped projectile upon entering the human
body would have the same effect?
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02 Nov 2004 07:39:17 AM |
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<Zak@home.ca> wrote in message
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On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 15:18:05 +0100, "tw" <no@no.com> wrote:
<Zak@home.ca> wrote in message
news:defco0hrbfjfhiromnjgto5khrkt1mfgss@4ax.com...
Fallujah Defenders Vow To
Use Chem Weapons
By Hala Jaber in Baghdad
The Sunday Times
11-1-4
As the US reeled from the death of nine marines in Iraq at the
weekend, insurgents in Fallujah claimed to have obtained chemical
weapons and threatened to use them in any battle for control of the
rebel stronghold.
Uh huh...
Rebel commanders said chemicals such as cyanide had been added to
mortar rounds and missiles that would be deployed against coalition
troops reported to be preparing for a major assault on the town west
of Baghdad.
Oh. What a brilliant idea. Just one thing - how are they going to get the
US
troops to take the cyanide?
<snip>
Don't you think a cyanide tipped projectile upon entering the human
body would have the same effect?
What, you mean when a high velocity rifle round hits e.g. your chest at
slightly more than mach 2, causing a hydraulic shock wave which turns most
of your chest cavity to finely a minced organ-broth before exiting through
your spine you're going to worry about dying from cyanide poisoning?! That's
not "chemical warfare" that's "fucking stupidity".
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