Take this one with a big heaping tablespoon of salt: "Iraqis have drawn a red line on the map around Baghdad, and once American troops cross it, the Republican Guards are authorized to use chemical weapons," according to CBS News' David Martin.
Ordinarily, I wouldn't even bother passing along this kind of hearsay. But Martin's a pro's pro, not the kind to stir up rumor.
THERE'S MORE: British troops in southern Iraq have found gas masks in abandoned Iraqi encampments, BBC television reports.
AND MORE: 23 foot-long rockets have been found at a chemical plant near Basra, according to the Scotsman.
CHEMICAL "RED LINE" AROUND BAGHDAD?
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