Posted on 06/22/2006 11:38:34 AM PDT by jveritas
Since the story broke yesterday about finding 500 Shells of Chemical Weapons in Iraq, shells that contain Sulfur Mustard Gas or Sarin Gas, the Left and their media were quick to dismiss this extremely important find by using the lame excuse that these Chemical weapons Shells were produced before 1991 and hence its not effective anymore because it has much lower quality”. However in March 2003 UN report about Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction there is the following on page 77 (Page 79 of the pdf file), paragraph 1 of the report http://www.un.org/Depts/unmovic/documents/6mar.pdf :
“ The Sulfur Mustard contained in artillery shells that had been stored for over 12 years, had been found by UNMOVIC to be still of high purity. It is possible that viable filled artillery shells and aerial bombs still remain in Iraq.
The above form the United Nations inspectors and the darling of the Left Hans Blix totally destroy the stupid lies that the Left and their media has been spewing since the breakings new of yesterday. First the UN clearly state in March 2003 that the Mustard gas shells they found are of HIGH QUALITY even it had been STORED FOR OVER 12 YEARS. Second the UN admit that there may still VIABLE i.e. EFFECTIVE Mustrad filled artillery shell hidden in Iraq, and yesterday we learned for a fact that there were indeed 500 Mustard gas artillery shells that were found in Iraq since the removal of Saddam. Also it is safe to conclude that the Mustard Gas shells found after the war are still in high quality and highly effective Chemical weapons.
Another very important fact to add is that Saddam had LIED to the UN inspectors and the world when he said that he had destroyed ALL his Chemical Weapons and other WMD. It does not matter whether these weapons were produced before or after 1991, his job was to destroy it ALL and not hide anything not a one ounce of these WMD, he DID NOT.
Much better,...but am tired.
See good link at post #161.
Traitors do what they usually do, we should expect this behavior from them.
Thanks for the info, I will look into that, it will always help me read the documents with better information so I do not miss important stuff in these documents.
Hannity and Colmes is back on the topic,....on Foxnews here right now!
Agreed Doctor.
LOL... that is what Sean Hannity told Alan colmes last night.
Great point.
Civilians also have been exposed inadvertently to chemical weapons many years after weapon deployment during war. Some 50,000 tons of mustard shells were disposed of in the Baltic Sea following World War I. Since then, numerous fishermen have been burned accidentally while hauling leaking shells aboard boats. Leaking mustard shells also have injured collectors of military memorabilia and children playing on old battlefields.
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/chemical_warfare/article_em.htm
Thanks!
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Ok, I have just done some research on this and I haven't read the whole thread so I don't know what else has been posted. I found some articles verifying this. This one in particular is somewhat terrifying. It tells how there is this huge stockpile of chemical weapons just piled up at a place called Houthulst in the open just sitting there degenerating away. It tells how some of this stuff is merely a trigger's wire rusting away from a disastrous situation.
www.greatwar.nl/gifgas/houthulst-eng.html
Here is another that raises some grave concerns because it tells of these things being smuggled into Britain and also sold on the black market:
www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/south/series9/week_four.shtml
And I also found this:
Poison gas in World War I - Unexploded weapons
Unexploded WWI ammunition, including chemical ammunition, was a major problem in former battle areas after the end of the War, and has ever since been present. Shells may be, for instance, uncovered when farmers plough their fields; more importantly, shells are regularly discovered when public works or construction work is done. While classical shells pose a risk of explosion, their disposal is relatively easy. It is not the case with chemical shells.
An additional difficulty is the current stringency of environmental legislation. In the past, a common method of getting rid of unexploded chemical ammunition was to detonate or dump it at sea; this is nowadays prohibited in most countries.
The problems are especially acute in some northern regions of France. The French government no longer disposes of chemical weapons at sea. For this reason, piles of untreated chemical weapons accumulated. In 2001, it became evident that the pile stored at a depot in Vimy was unsafe; the inhabitants of the neighbouring town were evacuated, and the pile moved, using refrigerated trucks and under heavy guard, to a military camp in Suippes. [1] [2] The French government announced the construction of an automated plant for the dismantling of chemical munitions inherited from previous wars; this factory, codenamed SECOIA, is to be operational in 2007.[3] The capacity of the plant is meant to be 25 tons per year (extensible to 80 tons at the beginning), for a lifetime of 30 years.[4]
In Belgium, a similar plant was planned in 1993 and brought in service in 1999, two years late, indicating the difficulties in disposal of such wastes. Germany, too, has to deal with unexploded ammunition and polluted lands resulting from the explosion of an ammunition train in 1919.[5]
www.experiencefestival.com/important_role
Considering the problems in Europe and Britain at the present with jihadists seeking ways to destroy them, I would think that these things should be of great concern.
Exactly. What was not taken to syria, the bekka valley or iran is probably buried there.
This database is going to have some good uses in the days to come. Very nice listing to say the least.
The press will not believe this until the insurgents use them to kill off an entire city population of civilians or full base of troops. Then, they will blame Bush for not "finding them in time".
LET CNN KNOW that we found weapons of mass destruction.
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/dotcom/
CNN.com earth hottest in 2000 years (every other headline was 400 years) FBI raids terrorists (2 little black children shown in front of FBI agents, implying racial profiling)
Amazing the way the left will twist themselves into pretzels to try to give credence and legitimacy to Saddam Hussein.
And Fidel Castro, Manuel Noriega, Hugo Chavez, Daniel Ortega, Che Guevara...etc.etc.etc.
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