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Blix: Sarin gas used in Iraq attack not likely sign of WMDs... (Drudge)
Drudge Report | 5/17/04 | Drudge

Posted on 05/17/2004 11:12:42 AM PDT by The South Texan

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blix; iraq; sarin; wmd
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To: Indie

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81 posted on 05/17/2004 12:27:40 PM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Crom!)
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To: Scythian
it could have been a small as thimble full, I have no doubt we can find WMD's in every house if this were the criteria, I'd hold off a little on the conclusion jumping.

I can state with absolute certainty that there is NO sarin nerve gas in my home. Not even a thimble full.

82 posted on 05/17/2004 12:28:20 PM PDT by Dianna
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To: alice_in_bubbaland
Mr. Magoo Strikes Again!


83 posted on 05/17/2004 12:30:10 PM PDT by New Perspective (Proud father of a 5 month old son with Down Syndrome)
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To: The South Texan

Blix could find his rear with two Hans, so how could he find WMD?


84 posted on 05/17/2004 12:30:39 PM PDT by TomGuy (Clintonites have such good hind-sight because they had their heads up their hind-ends 8 years.)
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To: Dianna
I can state with absolute certainty that there is NO sarin nerve gas in my home. Not even a thimble full.

But an investigator with a mission could find it in your home couldn't he?

It's hard to believe everyones excited about such a small find. If anybody plays this up as something important they're going to look foolish, even the naysayers will grant that there are small amounts of all kinds of crap in Iraq, heck, anthrax spores are all over the gound at the old sites. You could scoop up enough there to make a few people sick at least.
85 posted on 05/17/2004 12:31:50 PM PDT by Scythian
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To: The South Texan

This must be one of those "nuance" things that only John F. Kerry, Blix and the UN can understand. We peons aren't capable of appreciating the complexity of the situation...


86 posted on 05/17/2004 12:32:39 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, thank a soldier.)
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To: Scythian

Sarin, like most nerve agents is very unstable chemically. I don't think there's any doubt about the stuff being real. The question is whether or not it was loaded into that shell recently or whether some islamoterrorists found the shell and decided to use it to blow up Americans, not knowing what was in it.


87 posted on 05/17/2004 12:35:04 PM PDT by furball4paws (No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people - HL Mencken)
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To: The South Texan

The Bush Administration is starting to get on my nerves! They're letting the media run all over them. If they don't start boldly and repeatedly bashing back at the media, we're going to lose the presidency and there goes the country.


88 posted on 05/17/2004 12:35:28 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy (Save Terri Schiavo!!!)
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To: The South Texan

Blix Translated: "Unless it had 'WMD' clearly printed on it, it's not a WMD."

No wonder this dimwit didn't find anything there.


89 posted on 05/17/2004 12:35:46 PM PDT by guitfiddlist
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To: Scythian
But an investigator with a mission could find it in your home couldn't he?

No, he could not. Because there isn't any here.

If you want to state that we planted it, be a man and do so.

90 posted on 05/17/2004 12:35:56 PM PDT by Dianna
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To: Dianna

I did say that it could have been planted already, in my original post? I'm taking the most reasonable position on such a small event, they could have used common household products and accomplished the same thing, there is no news here.


91 posted on 05/17/2004 12:42:20 PM PDT by Scythian
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To: Scythian

"....It's hard to believe everyones excited about such a small find. If anybody plays this up as something important they're going to look foolish,...."

Why is it hard to believe, the media in chorus with their beloved Democrats have been espousing the same drivel over and over now for the last six months since Kay's depostion. "NO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION", which is really a lie because Kay stated that there are no LARGE caches of WMD, not that WMDs would never be found in smaller amounts. So now what are you going to say each time WMDs are found in small amounts, say it's no big deal? A small amount of Sarin can kill a lot of people. That's "no big deal"?


92 posted on 05/17/2004 12:43:53 PM PDT by BombHollywood
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To: The South Texan

One good thing you can say about Blix. When he is bought, he stays bought.


93 posted on 05/17/2004 12:44:52 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (George Bush kills terrorists. Bill Clinton pardons them. John Al-Qerry will apologize to them.)
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To: Bryan24

@nd shell? I had not heard that reference.


94 posted on 05/17/2004 12:46:37 PM PDT by Tennessean4Bush (An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds, a pessimist fears this is true.)
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To: Scythian
even the naysayers will grant that there are small amounts of all kinds of crap in Iraq, heck, anthrax spores are all over the gound at the old sites. You could scoop up enough there to make a few people sick at least.

I would accept that as a valid statement. I'm sure no matter how much cleaning was done after any weapons were destroyed that something would be left over.

95 posted on 05/17/2004 12:48:14 PM PDT by billbears (Deo Vindice.)
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To: BombHollywood
A small amount of Sarin can kill a lot of people. That's "no big deal"?

Well then, it must must have been a very, very, very small amount then ...

Two people were treated for "minor exposure" after the sarin incident but no serious injuries were reported.
96 posted on 05/17/2004 12:51:34 PM PDT by Scythian
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To: Scythian
Okay guys, if we want to think objectively, sure, sarin gas, one tiny device that went off when the guys were actually working on it yet lived!!!!

Are you playing dumb, or are you REALLY that F'N stupid?!?!

and you're all hollering WMD's, sheeze, talk about party blindness, give me a break,

Is there ANY other use for Sarin other than DEATH ON A LARGE SCALE?!?! Can you give me ONE other reason for a deadly NERVE AGENT to be in ARTILLERY SHELLS?!?! Is it a good window cleaner...car wax...maybe it will keep you regular?!?!

it could have been a small as thimble full, I have no doubt we can find WMD's in every house if this were the criteria, I'd hold off a little on the conclusion jumping.

OK, now I HOPE you forgot the sarcasm tag...otherwise you and BLIX have the same outlook on the World...

This tiny amount is easilly planted, or smuggled in, or it could be a ligitimate left over from Saddam, but even so, it's to small to warrent even a routine traffic arrest.

Yeah...do you know HOW the agent is used? It is in 2 isolated chemical parts, that when used in an artillery shell, mix in flight and upon impact to create wide-dispersal aerosol effect! I do believe that having a "thimble-full" of Sarin IS an arrestable offense, DUmmy!!!!

Where there's a "thimble-full"...there's a WHOLE LOT made and in shells...they are NOT made one at a time y'know! This isn't Burger King!

Stick to subjects you can speak of with authority...like the visual signs of Colon polyps!

UNLESS YOU FORGOT YOUR SACRASM TAG, IN WHICH CASE...nevermind..."

97 posted on 05/17/2004 12:52:36 PM PDT by Itzlzha (The avalanche has already started...it is too late for the pebbles to vote!)
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To: Scythian
I did say that it could have been planted already, in my original post? I'm taking the most reasonable position on such a small event, they could have used common household products and accomplished the same thing, there is no news here.

Are you saying that sarin nerve gas is made from normal household components? And do people normally store these common household products in a bomb (or whatever the technical term might be)?

I understand that you are trying REALLY hard to make this not be news. But news, it is. The sarin may be old, it may be new, whatever, but it is there. Thus, it is news.

98 posted on 05/17/2004 12:52:50 PM PDT by Dianna
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To: furball4paws
Remember just before the war, there was a ship (or a couple of them)that left Iraq with no flag going nowhere and all the speculation was that they might be shipping some WMDs out before the Americans arrived? What happened to those ships?

Seen what happened in N. Korea recently?

Connect the dots folks...

99 posted on 05/17/2004 12:54:13 PM PDT by Itzlzha (The avalanche has already started...it is too late for the pebbles to vote!)
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To: Scythian
This tiny amount is easilly planted, or smuggled in, or it could be a ligitimate left over from Saddam, but even so, it's to small to warrent even a routine traffic arrest

You weren't clear about WHO you think might have smuggled it in. If you'd like to go on record with your suspicions, name names big guy.

100 posted on 05/17/2004 12:54:39 PM PDT by Dianna
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