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2004-01-10 Iraq

Possible Iraqi blister gas weapons found

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Posted by Steve White 2004-01-10 5:09:05 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I refuse to believe even a Muslim army could lose gas shells.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-1-10 5:28:32 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-1-10 5:28:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 bet you'll get dick heads saying the weapons were planted or that just cos there old weapons its not reason to go to war,i get the feeling they'll be alot of very upset anti war weasels on hearing this news,just like they were when saddam was captured from his shit hole hide out.they'd love to see us fail yet every prediction the anti war movement ever made has been proven wrong (world war and massive arab uprisings). Wonderfull news this is and i just hope the fuck wits will have to eat thier own words.

Posted by Jon Shep 2004-1-10 5:30:24 PM|| 2004-1-10 5:30:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Steve, You are right I am sure the Islamic Apologist are already firing up the ole PR machine.

However, how and where these were hidden might give some insight into where to find other such 'missed' arms....

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-1-10 5:30:28 PM|| 2004-1-10 5:30:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm sure it's only a coincidence that saddam's secretary 'died' *ahem* in U.S. custody a few days ago.

Significant that this time it wasn't barrels of 'pesticide' that was mistaken for nerve agent (there can't be THAT many bugs in iraq! still think they were vx precursors). This is a nasty blood/blister agent, absolutely NO use in the civilian world for something like this. But yeah, the idiots on the left, always his staunchest defenders, will be screaming we planted this/no immediate threat (think aq wouldn't want some blister gas in times square?)/strictly for use on iranians and kurds, all sorts of crazy denials.

Posted by 4thInfVet 2004-1-10 5:46:27 PM|| 2004-1-10 5:46:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 they should dip Saddams face (oh and george gallaways) in the mustard gas on Iraqi t.v , the BBC seem pretty gutted about this over here, all long faces on the 10 o'clock news, not gonna be much left for them to try and critise us over now the 'qaugmire' they invented is over and saddam and wmd have turned up.Truly wonderfull news.

Posted by Jon Shep 2004-1-10 5:56:16 PM|| 2004-1-10 5:56:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Let us not dwell on what insane people may say to refute the finding of WMDs. Let instead focus on gathering the litany of things said by the left to use against them in the coming elections, to use against them, before they delete their archives, and to reiterate that Saddam's number was up the first time a SAM was fired at US aircraft, many, many years ago; not becuase of weapons inspections alone. Let us continue to press the idea that terrorists and their leftist enablers/sympathizers, can either disarm, or face the consequences.

If this pans out, it is truley good news.

Posted by badanov 2004-1-10 6:55:57 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2004-1-10 6:55:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#7
Actually, 4thInfVet, most pesticides are organo-phosphate based, and are, therefore, nerve agents.

If you do a little research, you'll discover that the researcher (one second, checking my reference books.. ah, here it is!) who invented the first nerve agent, Tabun, was a pesticide chemist who noticed the effects it had on mammals, and came up with cyanodimethlaminethoxphophine oxide, aka Tabun.

The chemical difference between Tabun and the stuff you can find in, say, Shell No-Pest strips (TM) is so small, it's unimportant for all practical purposes.

Of course, the Looney Left will, of course, seize upon that difference and claim that they aren't the same thing.

If that's true, though, why all the warnings on a No-Pest strip, eh?

Come to think of it, has anyone considered hanging a No-Pest strip near their front door in an attempt to keep away Lefties as well as bugs?

Hehehehehe...

Ed.

Posted by Ed Becerra 2004-1-10 8:38:34 PM|| 2004-1-10 8:38:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 anyone considered hanging a No-Pest strip near their front door in an attempt to keep away Lefties

Won't work Ed, in fact it attracts hippies. They seem to like the the sticky raisins.

Posted by Shipman 2004-1-10 11:30:42 PM|| 2004-1-10 11:30:42 PM|| Front Page Top

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