Posted on 05/17/2004 7:20:20 AM PDT by Nexus
Just now, looking for copy...
Typical divisive democrat party politics.
Roadside bomb containing sarin nerve agent explodes in Iraq
CHRIS TORCHIA, Associated Press Writer
Monday, May 17, 2004
©2004 Associated Press
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(05-17) 07:45 PDT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) --
A roadside bomb containing sarin nerve agent exploded near a U.S. military convoy, the U.S. military said Monday. Two people were treated for "minor exposure," but no serious injuries were reported.
"The Iraqi Survey Group confirmed today that a 155-millimeter artillery round containing sarin nerve agent had been found," said Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, the chief military spokesman in Iraq. "The round had been rigged as an IED (improvised explosive device) which was discovered by a U.S. force convoy.
"A detonation occurred before the IED could be rendered inoperable. This produced a very small dispersal of agent," he said.
The Iraqi Survey Group is a U.S. organization whose task was to search for weapons of mass destruction after the ouster of Saddam Hussein in last year's invasion.
"The round was an old binary-type requiring the mixing of two chemical components in separate sections of the cell before the deadly agent is produced," Kimmitt said. "The cell is designed to work after being fired from an artillery piece."
He said the dispersal of the nerve agent from a device such as the homemade bomb is "limited."
"The former regime had declared all such rounds destroyed before the 1991 Gulf War," Kimmitt said. "Two explosive ordinance team members were treated for minor exposure to nerve agent as a result of the partial detonation of the round."
In 1995, Japan's Aum Shinrikyo cult unleashed sarin gas in Tokyo's subways, killing 12 people and sickening thousands. In February of this year, Japanese courts convicted the cult's former leader, Shoko Asahara, and sentence him to be executed.
Developed in the mid-1930s by Nazi scientists, a single drop of sarin can cause quick, agonizing choking death. There are no known instances of the Nazis actually using the gas.
Nerve gases work by inhibiting key enzymes in the nervous system, blocking their transmission. Small exposures can be treated with antidotes, if administered quickly.
Antidotes to nerve gases similar to sarin are so effective that top poison gas researchers predict they eventually will cease to be a war threat.
©2004 Associated Press
Will will see any "outraged" libs on the news tonight? Doubt it.
It is up on Drudge (no 'siren' yet)
It's scary the mentality out there. How do these people even hold jobs???
I hate Bridget Quinn. Bring back Martha McCallum NOW! Note: Yahoo not reporting Sarin incident. After all, it was a very small dispersal of agent.
WMD is the current name for what used to be called NBC.
Nuclear, Biological, Chemical.
But first more on the prison abuse story and Kobe Bryant.
Maybe Zarkawi was upset that Powell made it sound like his guys did not get any WMD from Saddam and felt emasculated.
I would hope so..
Hell to pay if insurgents have found a Sarin warhead storehouse..
CNN broke from the Kerry speech and said they'd be back on this story with "much more", after the commercial break. It's also the big red "breaking news banner" on their web site... This one may get attention.
maybe CNBC, NBC, and MSNBC are the actual WMDs
Of course! How silly of me. Guess I should listen more often to Peter Jennings. < /sarcasm off>
or that we "planted" it.
I wonder if all the "News Fit To Print" will decide this story is fit for voters to hear...
David Kaye, on MSNBC, is saying it's left over from Iran/Iraq war... no big deal bla, bla, bla.
There are NO WMD in IRAQ.
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