Charley Noble. The gear is apparently of recent vintage which rather kills the Iran angle and the US has no record of ever having used Chem or Bio agents. And If Saddam doesn't have any Chem weapons, then there's nothing to protect his troops FROM so why would he need the gear?
I advanced a reason for his not using them on earlier in this thread but it was just advanced for the sake of showing a reason why he would not use them even ifhe had them.
I believe that he will order their use when he decides that all is lost; to take as many of the enemy with him as possible.
Thus he will, in his own mind if not in the minds of the Arab world, be a victor even in defeat, a modern-day Islamic hero, another Saladin if you will, who died trying to raise Arabic culture and power to their rightful pre-eminent place in the world.
He will be a role model for Islamic youth for centuries to come and his name will be revered.

yeah.

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