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Bosonic

(3,746 posts) Sat Jun 1, 2013, 12:43 PM Jun 2013

Iraq uncovers al-Qaeda 'chemical weapons plot' [View all]

Source: BBC

The authorities in Iraq say they have uncovered an al-Qaeda plot to use chemical weapons, as well as to smuggle them to Europe and North America.

Defence ministry spokesman Mohammed al-Askari said five men had been arrested after military intelligence monitored their activities for three months.

Three workshops for manufacturing the chemical agents, including sarin and mustard gas, were uncovered, he added.

Remote-controlled toy planes were also seized at the workshops.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22742201

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Iraq uncovers al-Qaeda 'chemical weapons plot' [View all] Bosonic Jun 2013 OP

Curiouser and curiouser... Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 #1

Such a stretch! SkyDaddy7 Jun 2013 #15

Yeah, like sucking the West into intervening under false pretenses. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 #16

False pretenses? SkyDaddy7 Jun 2013 #17

And to think they weren't even in Iraq when we shock and awed them in 2003. nt Mnemosyne Jun 2013 #2

Just one point SCVDem Jun 2013 #3

Good! I'm glad they were caught. Pterodactyl Jun 2013 #4

Not the first time this has happened. Lasher Jun 2013 #5

So the irony (if true) is jimlup Jun 2013 #6

So, if we arm them to overthrow the regime, what do we give that they don't already have? ICBMs? leveymg Jun 2013 #7

maybe Im sensitive to these reports because I was in iraq in 2003 pasto76 Jun 2013 #8

We believe this, Why???????? How many times is the press going to buy into WMD plots? Ford_Prefect Jun 2013 #9

I don't think you understand the Geo/Religous Politics of the region Bosonic Jun 2013 #10

My point about Iran was only to emphasize the likely nature of the "foreign intelligence services". Ford_Prefect Jun 2013 #11

I don't think so. John2 Jun 2013 #12

To underscore my comment we do not know the evidence nor the details of the "confessions". Ford_Prefect Jun 2013 #14

Is Al Q still going strong? Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2013 #13