(FOX News) Senior Defense and other U.S. officials confirmed that intelligence reports indicate that Saddam Hussein's troops are armed with chemical munitions. "We are seeing - using different methods - that Saddam Hussein has armed troops south of Baghdad with chemical weapons," one official said. Intelligence reports indicate that "some chemical shells" have been provided to troops. Senior Defense officials say they expected the Iraqis to use these weapons, and they predict more movement by Iraqi troops in the south and the west in the next day or so.
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