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Denmark: Possible Iraqi Blister Gas Weapons Found
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| 1/10/04
| Reuters staff
Posted on 01/10/2004 11:58:35 AM PST by The_Victor
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish troops have found dozens of mortar rounds buried in Iraq (news - web sites) which initial tests show could contain blister gas, the Danish army said on Saturday.
The tests were taken after Danish troops found 36 120mm mortar rounds on Friday in southern Iraq. The Danish army said they had been buried for at least 10 years.
"All the instruments showed indications of the same type of chemical compound, namely blister gas," the Danish Army Operational Command said on its Web site, cautioning that further tests were needed.
Blister gases, such as mustard gas, are used in chemical weapons.
Blister gas, an illegal weapon which former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) said he had destroyed, was extensively used against the Iranians during the 1980 to 1988 war.
Although it can kill if it enters the lungs, its use is primarily to debilitate infantry by causing the skin to break out in excruciatingly painful blisters.
The United States launched its war to oust Saddam on March 20 saying the Iraqi leader violated U.N. resolutions by developing weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and biological weapons.
Teams of international weapons inspectors however have so far been unable to locate those weapons.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chemicalweapons; danishtroops; illegalweapons; iraq; iraqiwmds; mustardgas; wmd
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To: dawn53
120mm fertilizer mortar rounds. Aerate and feed your crops in one... er... ah...
shot.
To: epluribus_2
I don't think this elephant is too big to hide under the rug (Assuming it actually is Mustard Gas.
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posted on
01/10/2004 12:17:06 PM PST
by
Pubbie
(* Bill Owens 2008 *)
To: epluribus_2
I don't think = I DO think
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posted on
01/10/2004 12:17:57 PM PST
by
Pubbie
(* Bill Owens 2008 *)
To: RandallFlagg
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posted on
01/10/2004 12:19:23 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
("There are worse things than crucifixion...There are teeth.")
To: rickmichaels
He'll want a trial by jury to determine if these are actually blister gas, and he'll look for mitigating circumstances, such as, these weapons had a rough childhood full of abuse. They aren't bad weapons. They're just misunderstood.
To: RandallFlagg
To: Thud
fyi
To: The_Victor
Blister gases, such as mustard gas, are used in chemical weapons.
They ARE chemical weapons. This writer needs to get a clue.
Buried at least 10 years means they'll say that Saddam "destroyed" them.
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posted on
01/10/2004 12:23:10 PM PST
by
xzins
To: The_Victor
Maybe. There have been many "false alarms" however.
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posted on
01/10/2004 12:23:45 PM PST
by
Johnny_Cipher
("... and twenty thousand bucks to complete my robot. My GIRL robot.")
To: Sloth
Saddam wanted to destroy them, he just lost these. < /Democrat spin > But Hans Blix could have found them -- if only we had given him more time! < /more Democrat spin >
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posted on
01/10/2004 12:24:08 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(France delenda est)
To: New Horizon
This is the second Iraq posting regarding WMD today.But it's the same story. These weapons probably date back to the Iran/Iraq war, and it's hard to get overly excited about them. These would have been of no use against Americans or anyone else today.
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posted on
01/10/2004 12:25:57 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: The_Victor
It's probably just for bombing the pesky insects outta the eggplant fields again.
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posted on
01/10/2004 12:29:08 PM PST
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
To: The_Victor
debilitate infantry by causing the skin to break out in excruciatingly painful blisters. How inoccuous this sounds, except for the fact that it causes lifetime deformity.
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posted on
01/10/2004 12:29:09 PM PST
by
scouse
To: Dog Gone
"But it's the same story. These weapons probably date back to the Iran/Iraq war, and it's hard to get overly excited about them. These would have been of no use against Americans or anyone else today."
The Iran-Iraq war ended officially in 1988, but had wound down before then.
These weapons and the other WMD were more likely buried at the time Iraq wanted the sanctions against them lifted and the US was insisting on weapons inspections first.
They took the trouble to bury them rather than destroy them for the very reason that they were and would be still effective in the future.
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posted on
01/10/2004 12:30:19 PM PST
by
Hon
To: Dog Gone
Awwwwww...
That's nice DNC spin - did McAulife tell you how to BS like that?
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posted on
01/10/2004 12:30:31 PM PST
by
Pubbie
(* Bill Owens 2008 *)
To: sd-joe
One little mistake..../sarcasm
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posted on
01/10/2004 12:33:00 PM PST
by
NordP
(Peace through Strength - W 2004 !!!)
To: cake_crumb
"It's probably just for bombing the pesky insects outta the eggplant fields again."
I've never prepared blistered eggplants with mustard. I prefer eggplant parmiagiano.
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posted on
01/10/2004 12:34:32 PM PST
by
Buck W.
To: The_Victor
120mm fertilizer mortar rounds. Aerate and feed your crops in one... er... ah...
shot.Yeah, that's the ticket, LOL!!!
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posted on
01/10/2004 12:40:27 PM PST
by
dawn53
To: Pubbie
Look at the photos of the shells before you further embarrass yourself.
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posted on
01/10/2004 12:42:40 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
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