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2020-06-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Al-Hawl camp reducing citric acid entry into the camp as a result of finding large quantities of inflammable bottles inside ISIS wives' tents

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Posted by Fred 2020-06-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 and pickling steel, whatever that is,

It's like pickling cucumbers... if your cukes were coated with a thin layer of oxidized metal.

Seriously, I have no idea what is going on here. The article seems to have been journalismed into incomprehensibility. I don't see how citric acid would be of use in a molotov, except perhaps dumping it out on the ground and filling the container with gasoline.

Posted by SteveS 2020-06-12 00:43|| 2020-06-12 00:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Perhaps they're having a serious case of scurvy and need more vitamin C? With the usual Islam medical treatment of rubbing the citric acid on their hind end...

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-06-12 02:19|| 2020-06-12 02:19|| Front Page Top

#3 I just now realized,about "pickling steel", perhaps they were planning to use the citric acid to pickle thie hindies?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-06-12 02:22|| 2020-06-12 02:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Scurvy epidemic on the way? (Yes, I know it's actually the vitamin C - ascorbic acid - in citrus that prevents scurvy)

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-12 06:49|| 2020-06-12 06:49|| Front Page Top

#5 OK, I had to go learn more. I still don't see a refugee camp being involved in any innocent steel manufacturing operations.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-12 07:20|| 2020-06-12 07:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Citric acid mixed with isopropyl alcohol makes a spray that works on mites and the like. Perhaps its nothing more than a bug killer. But no. Bugs in a refugee camp? Unthinkable.

Posted by Bunyip 2020-06-12 08:00|| 2020-06-12 08:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Can citric acid be made strong enough to throw at women who don't properly cover their faces in public? Just a thought.

Posted by jpal 2020-06-12 09:23|| 2020-06-12 09:23|| Front Page Top

#8 Citric acid is listed by the FDA as "Generally Recognized As Safe" (GRAS) as of 10 June 2020.

TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER B--FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION (CONTINUED)
PART 184 -- DIRECT FOOD SUBSTANCES AFFIRMED AS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE
Subpart B--Listing of Specific Substances Affirmed as GRAS
Sec. 184.1033 Citric acid.
Maybe used as a topical disinfectant? Maybe a norovirus antagonist? Not going to be very effective at melting faces off, but will likely irritate the heck out of the eyes.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2020-06-12 10:52|| 2020-06-12 10:52|| Front Page Top

#9 Listings online show for big bulk sellers of citric acid in KSA and Dubai. So they use a lot of it for something in muzzland.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-12 12:11|| 2020-06-12 12:11|| Front Page Top

#10 Lots of uses for citric acid. Probably many forgotten in Western culture.

Posted by gorb 2020-06-12 13:05|| 2020-06-12 13:05|| Front Page Top

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