Tuesday, 18. March 2003

U.S. troops approach Iraqi border


U.S. MILITARY OFFICIALS believe the Iraqi military has or is preparing to distribute chemical weapons to a Republican Guard unit outside Al Kut, southeast of Baghdad, NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski reported from the Pentagon. Radio traffic between Iraqi military units talked about distributing “chemical weapons rounds” to the unit, indicating the chemical weapons being discussed are artillery rounds, Miklaszewski said.

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