] 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 FOXNews.com |