05-26-2004, 08:02 AM
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Am I dreaming?
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Originally Posted by HansMoleman";p="
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leave out the mustard gas in this argument. Why? Because there is no refuting that mustard gas clearly is a WMD. It was used in WW1, and had absolutely devastating effects. So much so that it was banned from being used in warfare by the Geneva convention.
Just thank God that it wasn't stored properly and was not used against our troops, unlike the Sarin shell....
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Hans: Yes or no question: If the two shells, 1 of Sarin and 1 of Mustard Gas, are all that is found, do you feel that the WoMD have been found? |
The mustard gas was found in many large vats, it was NOT one single shell. But luckily it was not stored properly or it could have been used against us.
But yes, what we have found DOES in fact constitute WMD's. In fact, our whole definition of WMD's is changing with the threat of terrorists. During 9-11, a couple razor blades used properly in a plane with a tank full of fuel were in essence a WMD.
What would have happened if the plane was also loaded with Mustard gas? It would have been just horrible. |
I cannot find this information EXCEPT in the Neo-right wing zombie news outlets.
A search in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/i...aq-sarin_x.htm
Fox News reported:
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The inspectors worked for nearly four months but found no evidence of any of the weapons the Bush administration had alleged. Since the war, a nine-month search by a succession of U.S. teams has failed to find any current stockpiles of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.
The lack of evidence has led critics to suggest the Bush administration either mishandled or exaggerated its knowledge of Iraq's alleged arsenal.
In October, Dutch marines found several dozen artillery shells dating from the 1991 Gulf War in the southern Iraqi town of Samawah, but the shells contained no biological or chemical agents. Samawah is 100 miles west of the southern region where the Danes discovered shells Saturday.
In April, U.S. troops found a dozen 55-gallon drums in an open field near the northern Iraqi town of Baiji.
Preliminary tests performed at the scene indicated one drum might contain the nerve agent cyclosarin and a blister agent that could be mustard gas. Tests later showed the barrel's contents were not chemical weapons.
-- http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108046,00.html
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So help me out here -- what are you talking about?
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