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imax2268 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-04 03:39 AM
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Suspicious shells found in southern Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Danish troops have found suspicious mortar shells in southern Iraq that officials believe contain blister agents, the United States and Denmark announced Saturday.

Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, a U.S. Army spokesman, said Saturday that the 120 mm mortars were filled with liquid.

The shells are at least 10 years old, and a U.S. Army official said he suspects the ordnance was surplus from the Iran-Iraq war in the mid-1980s. Blister agents are used in chemical weapons.

A release on the Danish army operational command Web site said that in a routine collection of old ammunition, the 36 heavy mortar grenades were found in a dried-up marsh Friday. They were buried and packed in plastic.

Suspicious shells found in southern Iraq
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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-04 03:48 AM
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