Dear ABC "journalists". Phosgene is not a nerve gas. Please go to school and learn how to read. Thanks.

Unless I am misinformed, phosgene is not a nerve agent--please correct your headline. Using the phrase "nerve gas" where none exists smacks of sensationalism--though phosgene is certainly dangerous, "nerve gas" undoubtedly sounds much more dramatic.

Phosgene is not a nerve gas. I hope this is an honest editorial mistake and not an attempt to make a poison gas scare even more dramatic and attention-grabbing.

Hey, the media gotta make sure there is no way anyone could possibly say it is a WMD, hence the "believed to have been discovered in Iraq and manufactured prior to 1991" reference. Way to go there ABC.

Very sloppy journalism. Phosgene is a lung irritant causing pulmonary edema. Nerve agents are chemicals that react with the nervous system. They are chemicals that bind with the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) rendering it noneffective in its purpose - to break down the neurotransmitter, acetylcholine (ACh). Without AChE, acetylcholine remains in the junction between two neurons resulting in continual nervous stimulation.

Folks, I'm 66 years-old and I'd like to reintroduce an idea to you that had overwhelming national support during my 20-30's. The only reason this idea did not become reality is that our useless and self-serving national legislature envisioned the organization as a way to further their corruption and graft. It was the earliest edition of "earmarks" and "Lobbyists." Folks, we need to get rid of the United Nations (UN) from our shores! It's a despicable organization that embellishes every dictator and national monopoly except for the humans within those countries. Most importantly, the American public that pays for the actual building and the salaries of the corruption that exits within the organization continues to be taken for a ride.

Unbelievable. This is such a transparent ploy to scare the American people, just prior to the September rollout of their new product – God help us – and the upcoming report on the "surge". But of coruse, the right-wing knuckle draggers will pounce upon this, and shriek that eureka!!!, we've done found them thar weapons o' mass destruction. Nevermind, the FACT, that the weapons inspectors actually used this substance in their controls, as stated in this article.

I think you all have this wrong. It is obvious that the UN took bribs to store the Iraqi WMDs from the US and we have just stumbled on a few of them. They probably have a warehouse full somewhere.

Oh my God! WMD's from Iran. I guess it's time to attack another mid-east country. Oh, never mind, Republicans are too busy in bathroom stalls to prepare for another unwarranted war.

I think the only reasonable thing to do is, INVADE THE UN, lmao

I'm very pleased to see that many other people reacted to the initial "Nerve Gas" headline like I did. I'm glad to see it corrected, but this isn't the first time I've noticed misleading, manipulative, or just plain wrong initial headlines on ABCNews.com. In fact, recently I've been frequently disappointed with the quality of the reporting on this site, one I used to expect good things from. I suspect facts are dropped in the rush to post a story before competitors, but that's no excuse for continuing errors.

I smell bush starting another wmd war...

"According to an article in Foreign Affairs, the chemical was allegedly used by Iran in the Iran-Iraq war in 1987."

Dubya-em-dee at the U.N?

This administration is so backwards. What do you want to bet some one in the Bush administration had something to do with these chemicals being placed where they were found?

Amen, James

WMD in the hands of the UN on US soil? Doesn't this scare anyone? What on earth is an organization doing bringing weapons of "mass destruction" to New York City? They can't destroy these weapons where they find them! They have to bring the danger here! I'm glad I don't live in New York City. If I was a New Yorker, I'd be angry! Heck, as an American I'm angry! As far as I'm concerned, this is an act of war on the part of the UN!

Phosgene is the most dangerous of the choking agents. It is non-persistent. It causes, as its primary fatal effect, pulmonary edema. It was responsible for about 80% of all chemical agent deaths during WW1 and was considered at the time to be the only choking agent worth keeping for future wars.

This agent was supposed to have been kept in an NBC bunker, not a box in a closet in the UN. What did Hans Blix know about this, as well as Kofi Annan, and when did they know it? Why were we told by UNMOVIC that Saddam had no agents left after the 1991 surrender agreement was signed? What other chemical weapons found by UNMOVIC were hidden by the UN and where are they now? And so on.

ANOTHER COVER UP BY THE U.N., THEY WERE STEALING SO MUCH MONEY FROM THE OIL FOR FOOD PROGRAM, THEY WERE WILLING TO HIDE A LEGITIMATE THREAT FROM SADAAM AND CONTINUED TO LIE ABOUT FOR 10 YEARS.

Iraq had WMD and this proves it

can you not see the public is being scared and setup for a major scare and the instution of Marshall Law and ruler by the Dictator in office