[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Wow, you better keep your horse away from that saltlick.

[kinghorse]

Forget the WMDs ok. The part about removing Saddam is fine. He would have been a problem with the oil $$ about to pour into that neck of the woods.

This is about bringing 11% of the world's proven reserves online. Period. Saddam was in the way and an enemy of America.

[DoctorMichael]

".... Zarqawi was described as a poisons expert with strong ties to the former Iraqi regime and the terrorist groups Al Qaeda and Ansar al-Islam. A Palestinian born in Jordan who fought in Afghanistan more than a decade ago, Zarqawi returned to Afghanistan in 2000 to oversee terrorist training camps, Powell told the Security Council. ....

A Jordanian.............there are no Palistinians.

[Eternal_Bear]

Was cyanide ever listed as a WMD? I have never heard of it being used in such a way.

[hchutch]

Looks like a definite location of precursors.

Why was Saddam keeping the infrastructure and expertise to manufacture WMDs on short notice? There's a chance he might have a good explanation for this, and that all this fuss over the past two years has been a misunderstanding. However, I think People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is more likely to serve veal parmesan at their next awards banquet than there is of Saddam having a good explanation for all of this.

[kinghorse]

I read this somewhere. Has merit.

Seven-pound block of cyanide salt found in Iraq. Explains the lack of whitetail deer in the region.

[talleyman]

"This is not possible because we were all wrong and there are no WMD's or terrorists in Iraq." - ABCBSNPRPBSCNNMSNBCNYTLATAPREUTERS

[Imal]

Another component of Iraq's infamous "Poisonous Sheep" program.

We're fortunate that thousands of these Sheep of Death weren't released in downtown New York City.

[cake_crumb]

Let's dissolve it in the UN building to see if it constitutes a WMD.

[unspun]

Eat it, Rats. Especially you, Howie.

No, don't eat the cyanide, dummies, just your words.

[aruanan]

Cyanide Salt Block Found in Iraq

For suicidal cows?

[Mr. K]

I went to buy a salt lick for the deer in my back yard and I asked the old timer at the store how long those things last, and he goes "I dunno- how much ya gonna lick it"

I bet he waits around all day for people to ask him that.

[Political Junkie Too]

From the San Francisco Chronicle, May 6, 1995 - New Tokyo Gas Attack:

Another toxic gas incident at a crowded Tokyo train station sent four people to the hospital last night.

Police and workers at Shinjuku Station found two plastic bags -- one containing sodium cyanide and the other diluted sulfuric acid -- aflame on the floor of a men's room. The fire was doused before the fumes could combine to make the deadly gas hydrogen cyanide.

A station official said four workers were briefly hospitalized for sore throats and other minor respiratory ailments. Service on one subway line was briefly halted and some shops shut down temporarily.

The incident could have become a disaster. Shinjuku is a popular shopping and entertainment district and the location of Tokyo's City Hall. More than 1 million people pass daily through the station, which serves both subways and trains.

Kyodo News Service reported that the ingredients found in the rest room, if properly combined, could have produced enough hydrogen cyanide to kill more than 10,000 people.

On March 20, 12 people were killed and 5,500 others were sickened by the nerve gas sarin on Tokyo's subways. Suspicion for that attack has fallen on the cult group Aum Shinri Kyo.

March 24, 1995 - Japan Cops Find Chemical Cache At Cult Hideout - Ingredients for nerve gas

Police said two chemicals seized in the raids were sodium fluoride and phosphorus trichloride, ingredients of sarin.

Police said there were huge amounts of other highly dangerous chemicals such as cyanide compounds, packed in heavy-duty paper, some of which were ripped open.

[Species8472]

From: Hydrogen Cyanide, Dupont Publication 7-83:

HISTORY
As long as 80 years ago it was recognized that hydrocyanic acid could be useful in pest control but it took half this time to popularize the method. Deficiencies and disadvantages had first of all to be eliminated from the method of application. First this had been done in such a way that hydrocyanic acid was no more developed on the spot by mixing cyanide salts and acid, but this process already took place in the factory: The so-called pot method was replaced by liquid hydrocyanic acid. The few deficiencies of this procedure were removed in the early twenties by the ZYKLON method: One added liquid HCN to a carrier substance, thus simplifying handling whilst all favourable properties of liquid HCN were maintained. At the same time, danger to the operator was reduced to a minimum. Hydrocyanic acid in the form of ZYKLON B can be safely stored for considerable periods and under all climatic conditions, any quantity of gas can be easily measured, quickly and cleanly released. Any residures are completely harmless.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

The dems will probably say it is the remains of Lot's wife.

[GingisK]

We've got deer coming into our yard eating the shrubs and flowers. Anyone know where I can pick up one of these "salt licks"?

[Southack]

[fso301]

Hmm a cyanide salt block. Here in Georgia, we use plain salt blocks, mineral blocks and some folks use premium priced sweetened salt blocks for deer.