] U.S. forces near Baghdad found a weapons cache of around ] 20 medium-range missiles equipped with potent chemical ] weapons, the U.S. news station National Public Radio ] reported on Monday. ] ] NPR, which attributed the report to a top official with ] the 1st Marine Division, said the rockets, BM-21 ] missiles, were equipped with sarin and mustard gas and ] were "ready to fire." It quoted the source as saying new ] U.S. intelligence data showed the chemicals were "not ] just trace elements." Report: U.S. Finds Missiles with Chemical Weapons (washingtonpost.com) |