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LTC Yinon Weiss
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Edited 10 y ago
The story indicates ISIS occupied an old chemical weapons facility, not that they got their hands on any chemical weapons or that there is evidence of chemical weapons that existed there since 2003. It's still a threat though since they could potentially start to produce their own.

There was never any doubt that Iraq at one point had a chemical weapons program, since the US is the one that supplied Saddam Hussein with many of the chemical weapon technology used during the Iraq-Iran war. Iraq's arguments was that they stopped their chemical weapons program prior to 2003.

I know many of us want to believe that the original public premise of the invasion was true, and it would be great if evidence of that was found, but I don't think this latest news does that unfortunately.
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SFC Communications Chief (S6)
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Sir, how else would we get you to read what we post if it weren't for exciting headlines?
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SGT(P) Michael H.
SGT(P) Michael H.
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I have a picture stored somewhere where ground was being broken in preparation for building a school and a massive rocket was unearthed...this particular rocket had a nose cone that was designed to carry...chemicals, not explosives. I'm sure this was not the only one of these that was hasitly "hidden" at the start of the invasion. Of course there was the fact that SF took and held a chemical plant in central northern Iraq early in the invasion, but as with the missle issue, nothing was ever said in the open/mainstream media. Don't ask how I know these things. I can only say I know people who have been there when it happened. Cheers!
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LTC Yinon Weiss
LTC Yinon Weiss
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SFC (Join to see) -- Thanks -- it's always great to read and learn from what our members are discussing.
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
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Edited 10 y ago
More interesting is that we never found them
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CPT Zachary Brooks
CPT Zachary Brooks
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A modern Major General?
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LCpl Steve Wininger
LCpl Steve Wininger
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I found the closest I could get was being a major pain in the behind.
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
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That's what's so great about being a Major you:

can be a MAJOR PITA
have a MALOR role on the staff
avoid being a MAJOR disappointment
have MAJOR influence on decisions
make MAJOR mistakes
followed by MAJOR league comebacks
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LCpl Steve Wininger
LCpl Steve Wininger
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I think I have done all those Major, well with the exception of actually wearing the rank. Ex number one referred to me as a major headache, number two called me a major pain in her side, and the current one does not speak to me much, so I don't know what Major grade I am with her.
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SGT(P) Michael H.
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And, to make a point, let's ask the question..."Just how many of these 'fighters' in ISIS have been to the U.S. to study Chemical Engineering, or some other related field at tax payer expense?"

"Officials Don't Believe the Militants Will Be Able to Create a Functional Weapon From the Material"...indeed!!

To the "Officials"...Get your collective heads out of your collective 4th point of contact!!
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