Exotic and massively destructive weapons

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Battle of the boffins: By Paul McGeough, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 January 2003. Weapons manufacturers have an array of frightening new high-tech devices ready to play a part in any attack on Iraq. Saddam Hussein will be instant guinea pigs for a new generation of US weapons which may be used for the first time in all-out war. The keyword will be remote.
US Plans for Use of Gas in Iraq: The Sunshine Project, news release, 7 February 2003. Top US military planners are preparing to use incapacitating biochemical weapons in an invasion of Iraq. The first official US acknowledgement that it may use (bio)chemical weapons in its crusade to rid other countries of such weapons.
Why does the US want to attack Iraq? Well, one reason is to see what it's like to microwave lots of people: By John Sutherland, The Guardian (London), Monday 17 February 2003. Add weapons-testing to the causa belli. The weapon to be battlefield-tested is the HPM (high-power microwave) bomb.
US forces’ Use of Depleted Uranium Weapons is ’Illegal’: By Neil Mackay, Sunday Herald, Sunday 30 March 2003. British and Americans are using depleted uranium (DU) shells and deliberately flouting a U.N. resolution which classifies the munitions as illegal weapons of mass destruction. DU contaminates land, causes ill-health and cancers among soldiers and civilians, leading to birth defects in children.
How many civilizans were killed by cluster bombs?: By John Sloboda and Hamit Dardagan, Iraq Body Count, Tuesday 6 May 2003. Cluster bombs are weapons which are incapable of being used in a manner that complies with the obligation to distinguish between civilians and combatants. Those who use them in civilian areas therefore open themselves to charges of war crimes.