Targeted Iraqi chemical plant draws bead on WMD charge
Saturday, October 4, 2003
MULAHIMAH, Iraq -- Pigeons have taken over the rust-encrusted pipes and tanks of Fallujah II, where guards idle away hours stalking the birds with slingshots. Once the CIA's "best example" of a disguised weapons program, the derelict chemical plant stands today more as a symbol of the gap between fears and reality in the Iraq crisis.
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