Iraqi leaders could wait for US and British troops to reach Baghdad to launch a chemical weapons attack, a US official said last night.
CBS News last night cited unnamed US officials as saying that Iraqi leaders had drawn a red line on the map around Baghdad - and that once US troops cross it, elite Republican Guard units are authorised to use chemical weapons.
"Obviously the closer we get to Baghdad, the more he has to lose, and the riskier it is. But we are ready," a Pentagon official said.
AFP