Washington: The United States was considering use of nuclear weapons in a possible
future war against Iraq to destroy underground command posts and stop Iraqi forces
from using weapons of mass destruction, a top US private military expert has warned.
Citing multiple sources, William Arkin on January 25 said plans for using nuclear
weapons against Iraq are being fleshed out at the US Strategic Command in Omaha,
Nebraska, inside planning offices of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon and at
an "undisclosed location" in Pennsylvania where US Vice President Richard Cheney
used to spend time during terrorism alerts.
Agencies
