Sam Brownback: “I will read portions of this news story, dated today, Fox News: Tests on an artillery shell that blew up in Iraq on…”

“I will read portions of this news story, dated today, Fox News: Tests on an artillery shell that blew up in Iraq on Saturday confirmed that it did contain an estimated three or four liters of the deadly nerve agent sarin. This has been confirmed by Defense Department officials. This is obviously a danger to our troops. It is obviously of great concern to us if this were to find its way into the United States. I will read from retired United States Army COL Robert Maginnis: Clearly, if we're gonna find one or two of these every so often--used as an IED or some other way--the threat is not all that high, but it does confirm suspicion that he [Saddam] did have this stuff. He goes on to say this: It is a bazaar of weapons that are available on every market place through that country. We're doing everything we can to aggressively disarm these people but there are so many things that were stored away by Saddam Hussein in that country . . . it's a huge job that we're tackling. This next quote is from Dennis Ross, the former Ambassador, special envoy to the Middle East, a well-known figure on Middle East peace negotiations that took place: What we don't know is if there are other shells which there certainly could be. He goes on to say: We also don't know whether or not these kinds of shells could be used as explosives, which could have a more devastating effect on our troops.”