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Nerve Gas Scare at U.N. Headquarters
ABCNews ^
Posted on 08/30/2007 9:26:37 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo
Nerve gas found at UN.
TOPICS:
KEYWORDS: nervegas; phosgene; un; unitednations; wmds
Guess that's where Saddam stashed the stuff.
To: Thane_Banquo
Rove sure does get around....
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:27:22 AM PDT
by
Badeye
(You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
To: Thane_Banquo
nerve gas or nerve gas antidote?
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:27:27 AM PDT
by
Fitzcarraldo
(Skip the Moon, go for Mars)
To: Thane_Banquo
WMDs! Does that mean we can invade the UN now? ;-)
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:27:57 AM PDT
by
inkling
(exurbanleague.com)
To: Thane_Banquo
Can’t think of a better storage place for them.
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:29:25 AM PDT
by
Hi Heels
(Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult)
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: inkling
We’ll just move the UN to our internment camp in Antarctica.
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:31:04 AM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: Thane_Banquo
did you read the story or just the headline?
Authorities said the phosgene was believed to have been discovered in Iraq and manufactured prior to 1991.
Former U.N. weapons inspectors told ABCNews.com that vials of phosgene had also been used by inspectors in Iraq to help calibrate air sampling instruments.
The former inspectors said the remaining vials were supposed to have been destroyed.
"If it is properly sealed, it should not pose much of a threat unless it is dropped," said former New York City emergency services director Jerry Hauer, an ABC News consultant.
"They need to get it out of there and put it in a safe canister," Hauer said. "It shows immense stupidity to have that kind of thing sitting around as a souvenir."
To: Thane_Banquo
I thought Tariq Azziz was told to clean out his desk.
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:32:03 AM PDT
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
To: Thane_Banquo
“Guess that’s where Saddam stashed the stuff.”
Well, nuts. I was going to say that. ;)
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:33:19 AM PDT
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: wallcrawlr
Maybe the UN is starting its own semiconductor fab?
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:34:12 AM PDT
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: wallcrawlr
If it is properly sealed, it should not pose much of a threat unless it is dropped," said former New York City emergency services director Jerry Hauer, an ABC News consultant.
Dropped? You mean like out of a window in a New York skyscraper?
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:34:12 AM PDT
by
Iwo Jima
("Close the border. Then we'll talk.")
To: Fitzcarraldo
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:34:38 AM PDT
by
Iwo Jima
("Close the border. Then we'll talk.")
To: Thrownatbirth
Apparently, he missed a drawer.
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:34:49 AM PDT
by
.cnI redruM
(James Hansen; Scott Thomas Beauchamp with a PhD)
To: Thane_Banquo
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:35:58 AM PDT
by
Rb ver. 2.0
(Reunite Gondwanaland!)
To: wallcrawlr
Thanks for noting the discrepancy in the story. Phosgene isn’t nerve gas, it’s technically a blister agent, and a chemical precursor for a number of industrial processes. The guys at ABC hyping it up again for good copy.
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:36:03 AM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: .cnI redruM
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:36:10 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
To: sageb1
Phosgene is not a nerve gas by any stretch of the imagination. It’s a vesicant.
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:36:31 AM PDT
by
blowfish
To: Thane_Banquo
Appropriate for a place with alot of nerve!
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:37:29 AM PDT
by
MarketR
(Anyone else want to negotiate?" - Corbin Dallas)
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