gloves

If no weapons of mass destruction have been found to date in Iraq, what are the gloves for?

North Safety Products of North Charleston learned Wednesday it has won a $10 million contract from the Defense Department to manufacture chemical protection gloves for U.S. troops in Iraq.

Company North Safety Products
Award $10 million
Agency Defense Department
Date of RFP
Pre-planning
Date of Award October 1, 2003
Nature of work To manufacture chemical protection gloves for U.S. troops in Iraq
Reference
N. Charleston company lands $10M military contract
By Terry Joyce
The Post and Courier
October 2, 2003

bpost comment: A small alarm bell is going off that says something is not quite right about this contract but we don't know what it is. Had the contract been awarded earlier in the search for wmd's, or was announced as a replacement order, bpost might feel differently.