[mburbank]

While I don't dispute the strong possability that the Iraqis have and intend to use chemical weapons, there are some problems here.

1.) It's from the Post.

2.) The post got it from an 'embed', which only means somebody told somebody something.

3.) Our soldiers have 'up to date' chemical gear. Does that imply that we are going to use chemical weapons?

4.) I HIGHLY distrust fresh news in this war. Too much of it is trumped up and then turns out to be false. We foud chemical weapons plant! Oh, sorry, we found an emoty building that might once have housed chmeical manufacturing a while back, maybe. They fired SCUDS! Oh, wait, those aren't Scuds. A popular uprsising in Basra! Oh, wait, it might just have been a few guys, or maybe nothing at all. They intend to use chemical weapons once we cross a red line! Oh, wait, we only have scraps of information and we cqn't coroborate even those. I'm not even suggesting this is deliberate tactic. I just think anything 'hot off the presses' has a good chance of being missleading.