Marines find chemical suits and atropine in Nassiriya

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,922158,00.html

The marines found 3,000 chemical suits and a chest full of the antidote atropine in a hospital that they said Iraqi soldiers had been using as a base in the fight for a strategically important crossing point on the Euphrates river.


Not a good sign. :(

[Danny R]

FYI: atropine is somewhat effective in treating nerve gases, such as Tabun (GA) and Sarin (GB), which Iraq is known to have used against the Kurds and Iran.

Of course during that fight, they switched over to Mustard Gas, which doesn't have an antidote (not getting it on you via a chemical suit is your best protection).

More than you probably want to know (http://www.fas.org/irp/gulf/intel/970129/123096_8061115_mic_0001.html)