Israel, Iran, Nuclear Weapons

Salahaldin Al-Ayoubi Brigades Claims Chemical Attack on US FOB Near Samarra

By Sean Osborne

Northeast Intelligence Network

Thursday, January 11, 2007

 

Based upon known FOB's (Forward Operating Base) in Iraq, and the historical and intensity levels of enemy attacks, there is a high probability that FOB McKenzie (the former Samarra East-Al Bakr Air Base)  could be the location of this attack.

 

FOB Mckenzie has recieved as many as 21 incoming rocket attacks in a single night.

 

A lesser possibility could be FOB Brassfield-Mora located 10 km north of Samarra.

Update:

 

Based upon analysis of imagery obtained by NEIN as a courtesy of Archangel, as well as a reivew of known chemical weapons, a preliminary assessment is that the black oily liquid seen in the MemriBlog.com images below could be the chemical weapon/blister agent Lewisite. Iraq is known to have conducted research on lewisite. Lewisite is similar to mustard agent but faster acting and the persistence of this blister agent is reported to be from 24 hours to one week.

 

According to the U.S. Department of Defense stores of Lewisite were not located in Iraq by weapons inspectors following the 1991 Gulf War.

 

However, on Friday, April 4, 2003, the 101st Airborne discovered 13 drums of suspected chemical weapons in a bunker at an agricultural facility east of Karbala. The 101st division commander at the time, Brigadier General Benjamin Freakley, told media that the drums initially tested positive for nerve agent.

 

The following Monday, 7 April 2003, two 'Fox' nuclear, chemical and biological reconnaissance vehicles, armed with more sophisticated sensors than the Improved Chemical Agent Monitor (ICAM) most likely utilized by the 101st in the intial determination, conducted additional testing and reportedly detected sarin, tabun and lewisite.

  Salahaldin Al-Ayoubi Brigades Claim To Have Launched Missiles Loaded With Chemicals

The Salahaldin Al-Ayoubi Brigades, the military wing of JAMI, Al Jabha Al-Islamiyya l'il-Muqawama Al-'Iraqiyya, announced via Islamist websites that today, January 10, 2007, it had fired four missiles loaded with chemicals at a U.S. base near Samara, Iraq. The organization posted a film showing militants wearing gas masks and filling the missiles with a liquid which the organization claims are chemicals. Below are images from the film.

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