Oh, and just in case you all missed it, I'm sure Saddam was JUST ABOUT TO DECLARE this to the inspectors....

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,81935,00.html

"A senior pentagon official has confirmed to Fox News on Sunday that coalition forces have discovered a "huge" chemical weapons factory near the Iraqi city of An Najaf, which is situated some 225 miles south of Baghdad.

Coalition troops are also said to be holding the general in charge of the facility.

The Jerusalem Post ran a story earlier Sunday that was written by an journalist on-hand with the U.S. unit -- the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division - that took the plant.

The article states that one soldier was lightly wounded when a booby-trapped explosive was triggered as he was "clearing the sheet metal-lined chemical weapons production facility."

The chemical plant is described as a "100-acre complex," surrounded by an electrical fence. The plant was also apparently camouflaged to avoid aerial photos being taken."



So, for all you folks supporting MORE inspections, why hasn't this immense facility been found, inspected and destroyed??

In a country the size of CALIFORNIA (larger than CA, actually...) it's easy to hide a 100-ACRE complex if you want to.

I think in the next few weeks we'll see just how far away Saddam REALLY was from compliance with UN Resolution 1441...