From the AP U.S. continues to prepare for airstrikes . The types and amounts listed here are what Iraq says it possessed over the last seven years.
Antibiotics often prove useless after a short period.
The U.N. suspects production was three to four times that. This bacteria first causes vomiting, constipation, thirst, weakness, fever, dizziness, blurred vision, pupil dilation and difficulty in swallowing. Eventually it causes paralysis, respiratory failure and often death. The U.N. suspects the number may have been twice that. It kills cells and, having impeded breathing and circulation, causes death within two days.