New York Times Bombshell: Chemical Weapons Were Found in Iraq — But the Public Never Knew Until Now | Video | TheBlaze.com

New York Times Bombshell: Chemical Weapons Were Found in Iraq — But the Public Never Knew Until Now | Video | TheBlaze.com: Chemical weapons were found by U.S. forces in Iraq, but the Pentagon kept the findings a secret, the New York Times reported Tuesday evening.

According to the Times, from 2004 to 2011 American troops repeatedly encountered chemical munitions in the Middle Eastern country. In at least six cases, coalition forces were even wounded by the weapons from the Saddam Hussein era, the Times reported.

Drawing upon interviews and intelligence documents, the Times concluded that U.S. forces reported finding approximately 5,000 chemical warheads in the war-torn country.

The American government, however, chose to not disclose the information to the public and even kept Congress only partly informed, according to the Times.

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