Posted on 04/16/2007 11:17:46 PM PDT by noname247
A truck laden with nitric acid and explosives overturned before the driver could attack a joint security station operated by U.S. and Iraqi troops north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
The use of nitric acid in bomb attacks could mark another shift in tactics by insurgents, who in recent months have rigged nearly a dozen truck bombs with chlorine gas, mainly in western Anbar province.
In a statement, the U.S. military said a security patrol went to assist the driver of the truck after it overturned and found it loaded with eight containers of nitric acid and explosives.
It said the driver confessed he had been paid to attack the joint security station in Mushada, which also houses the town's police station, north of Baghdad.
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Concentrated Nitric acid is nasty stuff; but wouldn’t cause near as mmuch damage as schrapnel.
I remember years ago in Chem class asking the teacher which was the most dangerous acid for people. He thought a few seconds and said, “Nitric”.
It’s probably not as bad as shrapnel but it has a terror all it’s own. And I wonder about breathing it in if you are nearby.
Thank God they aren't using something really toxic...like CO2. </sarcasm>
There was something the other day about a bunch of nitric being found - drums of it if I remember correctly.
Nasty stuff, corrosive as heck, and tends to dissolve anything. It would be difficult to work on an injury soaked in something this corrosive, and would probably give anybody who saw the results nightmares for the rest of their lives.
Bastards.
Combine the two. I don’t want that happening to our guys. Either one.
Nitric acid, H2NO3 would (I believe) tend to amplify the explosive effects of the propellant, particularly if that propellant tended to expel unburned particles outwards through the acid. Nitric is a big time oxidizer, hurling explosives through it would be a 'bad thing'. (There are things that would make it worse.)
The resulting vapor cloud would be awful, burning mucous membranes, and dissolving lung tissue when inhaled. Eyes would be very hard hit, even from a distance.
Bottom line - this is a chemical weapon, designed for terror and to inflict casualties to large numbers of people. The people that thought this up are some of the most vile creatures on the planet and deserve everything they have coming.
May they all rot in hell.
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Does this qualify as chemical weapons?
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Sooner or later they will get hold of some really bad stuff. They would be using nukes now if they had them.
HELL YEA IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is a HIDEOUS WEAPON!
Thanks - I hope I get my training wheels off soon.
Let us hope the more evil deeds these clowns faust on an already agitated populace the more pissed off the Iraqi will get, and shed their inhibitions, pointing out where these goons operate.
I think its time that we celebrate our cultural diversity by going Commanche on their sorry terrorist asses.
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