I don't mean to say I told you so but....

One of the justifications given for invading Iraq and removing Saddam Hussein from power was that he still had weapons of mass destruction, namely chemical and or biological weapons, as well as the potential to create nuclear weapons at some point in the future. The fact that he had chemical weapons in the past is beyond dispute, thousands of dead Kurds can attest to that. Since invading, some evidence of WMD's has been found. Now there is more concrete proof. Odds are, if you're reading this blog, you already know about this:

BAGHDAD, Iraq — A roadside bomb containing sarin nerve agent recently exploded near a U.S. military convoy, the U.S. military said Monday.

Bush administration officials told Fox News that mustard gas was also recently discovered.

One response I've heard from opponents of the war is along the lines of, "Big deal. That's only one or two shells. It's not a stockpile." Yeah, well a very small dose of sarin is lethal. The shell contained enough that, if it were distributed effectively, it could kill thousands of people. Let me repeat that: thousands of people.

The round was an old "binary-type" shell in which two chemicals held in separate sections are mixed after firing to produce sarin, Kimmitt said.

Fortunately for our guys...

He said he believed that insurgents who rigged the artillery shell as a bomb didn't know it contained the nerve agent, and that the dispersal of the nerve agent from such a rigged device was very limited.

The shell had no markings. It appears the binary sarin agents didn't mix, which is why there weren't serious injuries from the initial explosion, a U.S. official told Fox News.

Yeah, it's just two shells but does anyone seriously believe that's all there is? This guy doesn't:

Gazi George, a former Iraqi nuclear scientist under Saddam's regime, told Fox News he believes many similar weapons stockpiled by the former regime were either buried underground or transported to Syria. He noted that the airport where the device was detonated is on the way to Baghdad from the Syrian border.

George said the finding likely will be the first in a series of discoveries of such weapons.

"Saddam is the type who will not store those materials in a military warehouse. He's gonna store them either underground, or, as I said, lots of them have gone west to Syria and are being brought back with the insurgencies," George told Fox News. "It is difficult to look in areas that are not obvious to the military's eyes.

"I'm sure they're going to find more once time passes," he continued, saying one year is not enough for the survey group or the military to find the weapons.

The theory that large amounts of Hussein's stock of weapons were moved to Syria, or through Syria to the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. The current finds are certainly consistent with this theory. Not proof positive, to be sure, but supportive.

Hat tip to Mike for the link.