2 Iraqis murdered, hundreds injured by terrorist weapons of mass destruction

by Bill Levinson

Three Chlorine Gas Attacks Kill 2 Officers and Wound 350 in Anbar Province

BAGHDAD, Sunday, March 18 — Three suicide bombers driving trucks loaded with explosives and tanks of chlorine gas detonated their payloads in Anbar Province on Friday, killing at least two Iraqi police officers and wounding or sickening more than 350 people, the American military command said Saturday.

U.S. policy on WMDs is essentially “Nuclear = Chemical = Biological,” and the use of any of these against U.S. forces (and presumably people under our protection) invites retaliation in kind. President Bush would be 100 percent justified in authorizing the use of nuclear weapons on the terrorists, assuming that a suitable target could be found. The light damage radius of a 1-kiloton weapon is about a mile, so the terrorist camp or whatever should be at least that far from anything we don’t want to destroy.