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| Iraq |
| 8 Ton Cache of 'Toxic Agricultural Chemicals' Found S. Of Kirkuk |
| 2008-01-19 |
| (translation from Arabic) The Colonel Karim Jwamir police chief Center Aledumiz agency for the site of the Central Office of Information of the National Union strike that police forces had received intelligence information Thursday night from the security elements in Kirkuk, on the presence of a large cache of chemical materials in the village (Sary Tappah) south of the city of Kirkuk, and that special force joint police and the security apparatus and the American forces went today, Friday, at the scene said, after examining the place of American experts specialists, found that cache containing large quantities of toxic agricultural chemicals belonging to the Baathist regime honors. The source said a special Asaic Kirkuk site, the quantity of chemical substances were found estimated at 8 tons, indicating that the deposed Baathist regime had faded materials listed in that location without knowing the reasons for that yet. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #4 Delivery systems can be simple or complex. Let's just say it could be done, but only an expert could insure it was done properly. In the final analysis, the most effective use of chemical weapons is against civilian targets; ideally lots of civilians in the open. Something like that big Shiite festival would be ideal. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-01-19 15:23 |
| #3 Could this stuff be a precursor cache, available for conversion into actual chemical arms? |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-01-19 15:19 |
| #2 How easy are these to deliver? I assume a standard chemical munition would not be sufficient? |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-01-19 15:18 |
| #1 Some agricultural chemicals, especially pesticides, which are often organophosphates, are extremely toxic. The commonly used Parathion, for example, has a lowest dosage with toxic effects (TDlo) in humans is 240 ug/kg (less than 0.1 ounce). It is essentially a nerve agent, and doesn't take a whole lot more to kill you than Sarin gas. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-01-19 10:10 |