. Some of the remains recovered in the Lynch rescue have been identified.I noted one was a Native American woman, Lori Ann Piestewa. according to MSNBC,. A supply corps detail, they stood and fought like true soldiers. Heros come in unlikely packages.

The other item of interest was the huge munitions depot discovered. 120 separate bunkers stacked with all manner of munitions. From small arms ammo, mines AK's to cannon.
Of particular interest, one scene had a Marine picking up an artillery round, about 80MM, it had a small filler plug in the base. Artillery shells are not filled with explosive by means of a filler plug such as that. The only logical reason to have a fill plug in the base such as was shown is to fill it with a liquid. I don’t think the Iraqi’s were going to put Kool-aide in it.

The most interesting was a grey canister about 2-3 feet long with Cyrillic lettering. It had a center coupling for a hose or nipple fill with three dispersal nozzles around the center. According to some sources that is a chemical dispersal unit, Russian made, for attachment to Aircraft or Vehicle.

I think they were empty, I hope so, some of the Marines were handling this equipment with bare hands. While actual Bio-Chem weapons have not been found as of yet, it is obvious to anyone with more intelligence than a flatworm Saddam Hussein had obtained the means to deliver them in a combat situation.

The situation has become far more clear over the last three days, it is a long way from over. But, it has become very apparent even the vaunted Iraq Republican Guard is ineffective, having been destroyed and demoralized by precise application of air power and a well trained and equipped American Military. Even the most optimistic forcast had the fight on the outskirts of Baghdad as hard long and nasty.