U.S. intelligence agencies are fretting that a desperate Moammar Gadhafi could resort to using weapons of mass destruction in acts of terrorism against Western targets or his own people. (this is obama's intel, so obama attacks libya..interesting on how bush gets attacked by the liberals, and obama does the same thing with less facts)
Gadhafi has extensive stockpiles of mustard gas and high explosives at his disposal that could be employed in attacks against targets in Europe or against rebels in Libya, the Wall Street Journal reports. He also has a history of ordering strikes against civilians and other world leaders.
"U.S. officials are keeping an eye on that possibility," one U.S. official told the Journal.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy acknowledged that concern last week when he raised the prospect of a “targeted” action against Gadhafi if he tries to use his mustard gas stockpile or “other, undocumented WMDs,” The Guardian disclosed.
And in Italy, a key member of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s government expressed concern that Italy could face retaliation from the Gadhafi regime.
Gadhafi agreed in 2003 to give up his pursuit of WMDs and has been in the process of dismantling a stockpile of mustard gas. But “it’s clear he has some mustard gas left,” Charles Duelfer, a former United Nations weapons inspector, told ABC News.
