[livius]

That is one ominous looking set-up. Any idea what it was designed to produce?

I sure hope this gets a lot of press coverage (doubt that it will, of course).

[Coop]

Any idea what it was designed to produce?

No. I'll wait for the experts to weigh in.

[cherokee1]

All the equipment in the pics I've seen also exists in my own shop----while some folks think that's ominous it's all a matter of getting regular stuff manufactured. The Dewalt chop saw w/abrasive blade can cut almost anything including fingers. I can make dammnear anything so you can let your mind wander as to what ahab might be up to. But wouldn't it be a hoot to find out the captured squeeler was actually fingering some poor schmuck with an air conditioning shop that he had a grudge with----it's been happening from day one in Iraq and the real problem is that the folks taking the pics just don't know what they're looking at. Makes you wonder how many pics of important stuff they've walked by?

[rock58seg]

It's a wind centrifuge. Venturi (whirlpool) effect separates heavy material from light in a wind tunnel effect. Light goes out the top, Heavy drops out of the bottom. Very often found in milling and granary/feed-seed store operations.

[oceanview]

any chemists here, was does this stuff make when you mix it:

"The list of chemicals included glycerin, sodium hydroxide and ethanol sulfate, he said."

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/13/iraq.chemicals/

[endthematrix]

What is it?

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