U.N. experts in desert destroying shells

Thursday, February 13, 2003

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Chemical weapons experts headed into the Iraqi desert Wednesday to destroy their first batch of banned Iraqi weapons -- 10 leftover artillery shells filled with burning, disabling mustard gas.

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