There was no doubt in my mind Iraq had such weapons. I wasn't sure if they had a current program, but I knew they had left overs. You just knew they were buried in the sand some place.
It's stunning that our military would try to cover this up and deny people benefits on this.
But the last two paragraphs are chilling:
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When three journalists from The Times visited Al Muthanna in 2013, a knot of Iraqi police officers and soldiers guarded the entrance. Two contaminated bunkers ? one containing cyanide precursors and old sarin rockets ? loomed behind. The area where Marines had found mustard shells in 2008 was out of sight, shielded by scrub and shimmering heat.
The Iraqi troops who stood at that entrance are no longer there. The compound, never entombed, is now controlled by the Islamic State.
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