] Officials say it's hard to tell how many of these weapons
] are being distributed, but the intelligence reports
] indicate that "some chemical shells" have been provided
] to troops.

Okay, so now, before the shooting starts, can we get any of the U.N. inspectors still in Iraq to go and confirm this? If this news is confirmed, there's a good chance we can trace the weapons back to the hidden cache where they came from, and if we can find that, we may find a whole lot of other stuff as well, and get the abscesses cleaned out.

And, if it *is* confirmed, would it change the mind of any of the doves?

] WASHINGTON - Iraqi troops south of Baghdad are armed
] with chemical weapons, Fox News has learned.
]
] Senior Defense and other U.S. officials confirmed that
] intelligence reports indicate that Saddam Hussein's
] troops are armed with chemical munitions.
]
] "The information is raw ... and hard to confirm ...
] but we are seeing -- using different methods -- that
] Saddam Hussein has armed troops south of Baghdad with
] chemical weapons," one official said.
]
] Officials say it's hard to tell how many of these weapons
] are being distributed, but the intelligence reports
] indicate that "some chemical shells" have been provided
] to troops