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Originally posted by Trooth
My interpretation of these shells is that they have been buried as a means of disposal. A crude one, but nothing more. Perhaps i am wrong and we shall see. However if thehy have been buried for ten years i don't see how that is part of an ongoing programme.
However, if this is the total of Iraq's contravention of the UN resolutions, i fail to see how it squares up with the west's portrayal of his arsenal.
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I can say as a combat engineer that burying does not consitute disposal. And consititutes a far greater danger than any other disposal methodologies, least of all leakage. The only reason you bury is to hide in hopes that you may able to re-use them in the future.
The danger, already apparent, is that someone may forget and left this ticking timebomb for future generations.
And this is not the total contravention and we have blatant proof of others before the war. 12 105mm unarmed and unfilled arty shells specifically designed to deliver chems and in perfect working and maintained order. The modified AS SA-2 missiles that breached the specified range allowed. And these were found before the war.
After the war, we've found an active SCUD program. The rockets were in pieces but could be put back together inside 6 months. We've found an entire nuclear program research buried at scientist's backyard.
These are in direct violation of the terms of surrender that Iraq signed at the end of the Kuwait War. As far as this soldier is concerned, Saddam violated the terms of surrender and therefore, there is no surrender.