Baghdad: Ongoing excavations have led to the discovery of important quantities of
anthrax and VX nerve agent, Iraqi Presidential advisor Amer al-Saadi said on March 2.
UN inspectors have been seeking clarification for years of the whereabouts of such
deadly agents.
Saadi said excavations at the al-Aziziya air base had uncovered nearly all bomb
fragments filled with tonnes of toxic agents which Iraq insists it destroyed
unilaterally in 1991.
"So far we have reached a figure not quite 157 (tonnes of anthrax), but we are
nearing it, there is work in progress," he told reporters.
Agencies
