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Nerve-gas fears after 45 fall sick
The Scotsman ^ | 21 Dec 2005 | MARGARET NEIGHBOUR

Posted on 12/21/2005 3:16:53 PM PST by baystaterebel

AT LEAST 45 people, most of them children, have been hospitalised in the Russian region of Chechnya with an illness that doctors say might be nerve-gas poisoning.

Pupils, teachers and workers began reporting breathing trouble and headaches on Friday at a school in the town of Starogladovskaya, emergency workers said.

As of yesterday, 38 children and seven teachers had been hospitalised, said Oleg Ugnivenko, a spokesman for emergency situations ministry. Preliminary investigation points to an unspecified kind of nerve gas, said emergency workers and Chechen government officials.

Separatist rebels, who have been fighting Russian forces in Chechnya for most of the past decade, have committed a series of terrorist attacks in Chechnya and other parts of Russia, including the seizure of hostages in a school in Beslan in 2004.

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Heads up!
1 posted on 12/21/2005 3:16:53 PM PST by baystaterebel
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To: baystaterebel

Now where would muslim terrorists get nerve gas? Have to do some research and get back 'cuz I am stumped I tell you.


2 posted on 12/21/2005 3:23:03 PM PST by doodad
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To: baystaterebel

Russia under attack by Islamofacists again.

WHY do they keep supporting Iran and Syria?????


3 posted on 12/21/2005 3:26:46 PM PST by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: doodad
Wherever they got it, it didn't exist until President Bush took office or we went into Iraq.
4 posted on 12/21/2005 3:26:47 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

That's the standard worlwide response now a days, huh...


5 posted on 12/21/2005 3:36:25 PM PST by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Oh that's right...Rove the mad chemist. Brilliant! These guys think of everything. :)


6 posted on 12/21/2005 4:01:23 PM PST by doodad
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To: baystaterebel

Looking at this and the vagueness of the reports, the symptoms, and the paltry evidence, and who is affected, this really could be yet another case of Mass Sociogenic Illness (Donning Flame-resistant suit, I realize people really want this to be a nerve-gas attack.)


7 posted on 12/21/2005 4:17:29 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: baystaterebel

See also

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11437138

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2005/09/nerve-gas-in-chechnya.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4546482.stm


8 posted on 12/21/2005 4:43:01 PM PST by TWhiteBear (Down is now officially up. The New York Times said so)
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