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Article: 'It's just evil in here'; Use of chemical weapons, human testing suspected at military prison.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2003
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Byline: Betsy Pisik, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
ZUBAYR, Iraq - Coalition forces have discovered an abandoned military prison here, where discarded gas masks and used atropine injectors suggest the recent presence of chemical weapons and human testing.
U.N. weapons inspectors have no record of the prison, in which at least two cells appear to have been recently sealed with fresh cement and brickwork.
Several chambers have neatly painted signs saying "chemical storage" and bright cartoon drawings of gas masks, gloves and boots.
U.S. troops assessed the prison Wednesday while searching a warehouse containing the remains of several hundred ...