delivering that deadly load. and that they do pose more of a danger to those who might try to move them at this stage. that being said, the complex itself, massive, sprawling. went there a few years ago. turned into an iraqi air base. meant to be the headquarters for the iraqi air forces. the fact that isis has taken it over, i think, is just another indication of how little control the iraq security forces have in parts of the country. but also the potential dangers, the very real dangers that lie out there by having these materials in the hands of that kind of an organization. >> okay. so, arwa, stand by. i've got another question for you. general, just on this same notion that they have this -- this compound, this chemical weapons compound, state department doesn't seem too concerned. you said you heard arwa say highly unlikely they could weaponize them. are you concerned at all? >> i'm not, brooke. i've been to methana as well. in fact, we had military forces stationed near there out of the first armored division in 2007. it has been a cleared compound.