Posted on 06/22/2006 7:53:56 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
The reason they're banned is because most of the casualties are crippled and the toxic debris that remains is a hazard.
"Chemical weapons were used in simply massive quantities in World War I and actually there weren't that many troops actually killed by them, relative to plain old high explosive - main effect was fear and the slowdown in operations caused by the masks, etc."
A great number of soldiers came home with damaged lungs. They were crippled for life.
That's true, but it accounts for why we haven't found very much in Iraq.
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