There is no confirmation of the report, only a claim made by a group. If they actually used chemical weapons, they were ineffective as no injuries were reported from the attack on the Green Zone. The same group had threatened to use chemical weapons on Sept. 11th.

SITE:

In a statement issued today, September 13, 2005, The Victorious Army Group, [Jeish al-Ta'eifa al-Mansoura], claims to have fired chemical rockets today at several targets in Baghdad, including the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Green Zone, and the Security Academy. According to the message, the explosions “shook the whole capital Baghdad,” and ambulances were seen carrying away the dead of the “converters.” The group indicates: “Here are the mujahideen rockets hitting the converters’ dens as a response to the evil thing done by them in Tal Afar.”

AKI:

For the first time, terrorists linked to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi are claiming to have struck the Iraqi capital Baghdad with chemical weapons. The claim was made in a statement published on the Internet by Islamic group al-Taifa Mansura (The Victorious Side) which is part of the al-Qaeda network and close to its Iraqi representative, al-Zarqawi.

The same group last Sunday threatened to attack the Green Zone in Baghdad with missiles containing chemical warheads unless the Americans halted the ongoing offensive against the city of Telafar.

A short while ago, in a second statement the group claimed responibility for missile attacks on central Baghdad from 8.30am till 10am local time on Tuesday morning. The message alleged that chemical weapons hit the interior ministry, the foreign ministry and the American training school which is also located in the heavily fortified Green Zone....

The firing of five rockets was confirmed by an Islamic site close to the Baathist-inspired guerrillas - islammemo - which referred to at least four rockets with chemical warheads. The site, which tends to publish unreliable biased news reports, celebrates it as the first chemical attack in Iraq."

Others: In The Bullpen

Posted by: Rusty at 01:23 PM | Comments (13) | Add Comment
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1 How about responding in kind. We are spendign millions destroying these horrid weapons. Would it not be more cost effective to show Zaqueery and his bunch what real chem weapons can do. No wouldn't be prudent as W sr. used to say.

Posted by: Howie at September 13, 2005 01:36 PM (D3+20)

2 You know Mahmood, doing a "poo finger" on each rocket does not make it a WMD. You got to try a little harder. NOW GET BACK OUT THERE AND GIVE ME YOUR BEST!!!

Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 13, 2005 01:38 PM (5ceWd)

3 Filthy kills me.

Posted by: Oyster at September 13, 2005 01:51 PM (fl6E1)

4 Chemical warheads do not make explosions. Heat and shock of an explosion tend to destroy the chemicals, defeating the purpose. Instead, chem warheads tend to have very small charges intended to spread their contents around or even just make sure their cases are open.

Posted by: Robert Crawford at September 13, 2005 01:57 PM (n5eDP)

5 Didn't you hear, there are no WMD in Iraq. Cindy Sheehan said so.

Posted by: The Man at September 13, 2005 02:02 PM (EDlAL)

6 Actually Mr. Crawford, there is a minor explosion. More of a "POP" really. The dispersal of a chemical munition is a complex occurance when attached to a mortar or a bomb lets say. A bomb on the road side would probably destroy the chemical. A mortar could be fitted to disperse a chem weapon but I doubt Sayeed and Abu in their underground lab can manage to properly assemble a legitmate dispersal mechanism to attach to the mortar. Yes, It can be done under circumstances that don't involve running and dodging bullets but, Sayeed and Abu are not in those circumstances. I think that they have resorted to the "Poo finger" method of dispersing their own individual chemical biological weapon. This is much easier. Sayeed would after a large dinner of dal,curry & lamb soaked in ghee...dig his index finger in his o-ring up to the first knuckle. Sayeed then, whilst holding the dirty digit in the air, walk over to the morters and then "wipe" the darkend digit on to the morter to be fired at the infidel at a later date. Then, Sayeed would go on the net and announce he "Poo fingered" the morters thus striking fear and disgust in our troops.

Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 13, 2005 02:44 PM (5ceWd)

7 Cont: THis method of "poo finger" Wmd does backfire. The types of food Sayeed is required to eat to create the proper "Poo finger" athmosphere Could in fact create a condition called PSA or, Porn Star Ass from continued bouts in the privy. I am not sure if you have seen a porno that includes lots of back door action.... but if you have, you know what PSA is. For those that don't, I will try now to show you. It is a "O" instead of an "x"

Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 13, 2005 02:49 PM (5ceWd)

8 This is also known as the 'Mall Rats' WMD.......

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at September 13, 2005 03:00 PM (JQjhA)

9 The statement "The site, which tends to publish unreliable biased news reports, ..." was referring to Reuters, Â… right?

Posted by: Don Miguel at September 13, 2005 04:01 PM (+KixN)

10 Respond in time lets use luaghing gas on them and allow them to lighten up

Posted by: sandpiper at September 13, 2005 08:31 PM (g0rz7)

11 Actually Mr. Crawford, there is a minor explosion. More of a "POP" really. Isn't that what I said? I wrote: Instead, chem warheads tend to have very small charges intended to spread their contents around or even just make sure their cases are open. My point was there's nowhere near enough to shake anything, let alone an entire city.

Posted by: Robert Crawford at September 13, 2005 08:55 PM (Gn9tM)

12 However, you failed to mention anything about "Poofinger" so, you must be an idiot.

Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 13, 2005 09:01 PM (bikuR)

13 If any type of NBC attack occurred in the BD Green Zone there is almost a 100% chance that there would have been confirmation by now. This would be big news. It would be a justification for continued presence in Iraq. In addition to that there are many special interest groups who would benefit any type of NBC attack however so small, even if it was a complete failure. Deploying such weapons with any effect requires some skill. I do not see how an attack of this sort could be kept secret for more than a few hours. It could be that they through some household cleaners over the wall and the only way to find the chems is to look for a clean spot.

Posted by: Nelson at September 17, 2005 04:41 AM (S783J)

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