NO! Chemical weapons in Iraq???

[Alex]

Depending on the form, 500 is all that much either.

But if it is all degraded then odds are this is pre-first Gulf War stuff which means it is somewhat likely that we were the original source for Iraq having it.

Of course, if it was all degraded it also means that Iraq wasn't even capable of maintaining what it already had which doesn't speak well to the likelihood of them being able to develop more anytime soon. If these provided a strong case for Saddam's evil intentions I'm guessing it would have all been declassified long before now. There was certainly no declassification lag in the early days of the war when every suspected WMD site was put on display for the media like Geraldo Rivera opening Al Capone's vault (with similar results).

I'm more interested in the claim that the insurgents have been using mustard and sarin in attacks since I've never heard this before.

I supported the war and still do (though never for the reasons Bush put forward) but it was support based on an unacceptable probability and it turns out the result was negative.