U.S. soldiers in Iraq were apparently exposed to mustard gas in an ammunitions warehouse in the city of Najaf. Five soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division reported sores on their hands as well as nausea after entering the warehouse. American experts are continuing to investigate the materials, and preliminary findings say that nerve gas was in fact stored there.
Israel's Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz said last night that the find was not surprising. Touring a Patriot battery in Haifa, Mofaz told reporters, "We are in a sensitive position, for Saddam Hussein has his back to the wall. The American operation has apparently dismantled Iraq's government and military structures, and we see more and more Iraqis happily greeting the Americans, and more and more Republican Guard forces defecting. Now is when he is liable to make decisions that could threaten Israel." He said, however, that there was no need to change Israel's current level of alert.
Pentagon sources say it will take three days to know whether Saddam and his sons were killed in this morning's targeted bombing in Baghdad. A US Air Force bomber dropped four bombs, weighing a ton each, on a house in which it was believed that Saddam, his sons, and other Iraqi leaders were meeting. The building was turned into mounds of ruins and rubble.
The Palestine National Authority, following the lead of many of its citizens who have long protested in favor of Saddam and against the U.S., condemned the "U.S. aggression” of yesterday. American fighter jets bombed the PA's embassy in Baghdad yesterday afternoon. “The US aggression on the embassy was premeditated and directly singled out the Palestinian embassy, which is located in the diplomatic neighborhood in the Iraqi capital,” a PNA official spokesman said today. “No other embassies were targeted by bombing, which proves that the targeting of the Palestinian embassy was premeditated and not an accident." The spokesman noted that the building's roof was destroyed, as were all its contents and assets. He continued his attack on the American strike by calling it “a flagrant violation of all diplomatic norms and laws, which endow foreign embassies with immunity..."
Israel's Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz said last night that the find was not surprising. Touring a Patriot battery in Haifa, Mofaz told reporters, "We are in a sensitive position, for Saddam Hussein has his back to the wall. The American operation has apparently dismantled Iraq's government and military structures, and we see more and more Iraqis happily greeting the Americans, and more and more Republican Guard forces defecting. Now is when he is liable to make decisions that could threaten Israel." He said, however, that there was no need to change Israel's current level of alert.
Pentagon sources say it will take three days to know whether Saddam and his sons were killed in this morning's targeted bombing in Baghdad. A US Air Force bomber dropped four bombs, weighing a ton each, on a house in which it was believed that Saddam, his sons, and other Iraqi leaders were meeting. The building was turned into mounds of ruins and rubble.
The Palestine National Authority, following the lead of many of its citizens who have long protested in favor of Saddam and against the U.S., condemned the "U.S. aggression” of yesterday. American fighter jets bombed the PA's embassy in Baghdad yesterday afternoon. “The US aggression on the embassy was premeditated and directly singled out the Palestinian embassy, which is located in the diplomatic neighborhood in the Iraqi capital,” a PNA official spokesman said today. “No other embassies were targeted by bombing, which proves that the targeting of the Palestinian embassy was premeditated and not an accident." The spokesman noted that the building's roof was destroyed, as were all its contents and assets. He continued his attack on the American strike by calling it “a flagrant violation of all diplomatic norms and laws, which endow foreign embassies with immunity..."