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Nerve Gas Scare at U.N. Headquarters
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Posted on 08/30/2007 9:26:05 AM PDT by farlander
Edited on 08/30/2007 9:46:09 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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United Nations weapons inspectors discovered six to eight vials of a dangerous nerve gas, phosgene, as they were cleaning out offices at a U.N. building in New York this morning, federal authorities tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
The federal authorities said the office, in a U.N. building near headquarters, was being evacuated and the White House had been notified at 10 a.m.
New York police and fire officials reported to the scene around 12:15 this afternoon.
A U.N. spokesperson said a statement would be issued shortly.
Authorities said the phosgene was believed to have been discovered in Iraq and manufactured prior to 1991.
Former U.N. weapons inspectors told ABCNews.com that vials of phosgene had also been used by inspectors in Iraq to help calibrate air sampling instruments.
TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: akillingagent; bankimoon; barkatmoon; brix; chokingagents; hansblix; moregasthannerve; nervegas; phosgene; un; unhq; unitednations; wmd; wmdfound; wmds
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To: KarlInOhio
My great uncle once showed me scars on his lower neck/chest from some gas attack think it was phosgene? he must have had a mask on his face but the skin still burned.
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posted on
08/30/2007 2:55:06 PM PDT
by
omega4179
(Was one of the guys named Mohammed?)
To: Tulsa Ramjet
I am still waiting for that fund for me to donate to to move the entire building to mogadishu or darfur
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posted on
08/30/2007 2:56:00 PM PDT
by
omega4179
(Was one of the guys named Mohammed?)
To: farlander
Anyone else find it ironic how the UN Weapons Inspectors couldn’t even find the WMD in their offices (until they were moving and emptied the placE), yet they are supposed to be the arbiter of weather we had the ‘right’ to go into Iraq or not?
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posted on
08/30/2007 2:59:51 PM PDT
by
FreedomNeocon
(Success is not final; Failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts -- Churchill)
To: McGruff
LOL
This is insane. The drive by media is obsessed with the gay congressman.
184
posted on
08/30/2007 3:05:06 PM PDT
by
angcat
("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM")
To: farlander
"The federal authorities said the office, in a U.N. building near headquarters, was being evacuated and the White House had been notified at 10 a.m.New York police and fire officials reported to the scene around 12:15 this afternoon.
Nothing like getting to the scene in a hurry.
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:13:49 PM PDT
by
Spunky
("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
To: b4its2late
To: Ancesthntr
it took the Germans until WW2 to invent (and use, on Jews and others) nerve gasses like Sarin.
They mostly used Zyklon B on the Jews. A cynanide-based insecticide from the Twenties. It was a delousing agent and had an additive to make it stink as a warning to anyone nearby. The U.S. supposedly used it to delouse Mexican migrant workers and the trains they rode on to go pick crops back in the Twenties and Thirties. When the Nazis gassed the Jews with it, they had the manufacturer remove the warning smell so they couldn't tell they were being gassed until they started to drop. Earlier, the Nazis did use it properly to keep down lice in the camps as well.
Zyklon B has a weird history. First, to delouse. Then later misused to murder Jews in the camps.
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:23:37 PM PDT
by
George W. Bush
("I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important.")
To: KarlInOhio
Correct. Choking agent.
188
posted on
08/30/2007 3:25:51 PM PDT
by
JasonC
To: roses of sharon
especially Ritter the creep
189
posted on
08/30/2007 3:51:59 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: McGruff
LOL, how the heck can the UN say that America has failed in finding WMD’s in Iraq, when they can’t even find them in their own office building!
To: penelopesire
Don’t know if this helps with your question:
I live near Oak Ridge Tennessee, and remember, not long after the U.S. went into Iraq, local news stories about chemicals from Iraq being processed through the DOE facility here.
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posted on
08/30/2007 4:05:45 PM PDT
by
girlangler
(Fish Fear Me)
To: DBrow
“Was this found in a closet in Koffi’s old office?” HA! The first thing I thought of was, well, I guess Kofi forgot to clean out his desk before the proverbial screen door hit him in his you-know-what.
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posted on
08/30/2007 4:22:31 PM PDT
by
fishergirl
(My warrior, my soldier, my hero - my son. God bless our troops!)
To: farlander
AND another good reason to kick the United Ninnies out of our country!
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posted on
08/30/2007 4:23:20 PM PDT
by
fishergirl
(My warrior, my soldier, my hero - my son. God bless our troops!)
To: girlangler
“I live near Oak Ridge Tennessee, and remember, not long after the U.S. went into Iraq, local news stories about chemicals from Iraq being processed through the DOE facility here.”
Thanks for reminding me of that. I seem to recall that UNMOVIC and the UN were complaining about the US taking possession of the chemicals, etc. and not letting them do it...lol!
I guess their method of disposal in the closet in the UN building is much more secure....(LOL)
To: fishergirl
AND another good reason to kick the United Ninnies out of our country!
ahem...if the other candidates end up disappointing you, Ron Paul has been trying to get the U.N. kicked out of America for many years. Last I heard, that is the official platform of the Texas Republican Party (you know, the one Bush won't go near, LOL, the real Texas Republicans).
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posted on
08/30/2007 4:29:09 PM PDT
by
George W. Bush
("I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important.")
To: usmcobra; craig_eddy
I am soooooooooooo trying not to laugh (hangs head in shame).
196
posted on
08/30/2007 5:03:01 PM PDT
by
freema
(Proud Marine Niece, Daughter, Wife, Friend, Sister, Aunt, Cousin, Mother, and FRiend)
To: atomicweeder
I did not know that.
< /Johnny Carson>
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:44:27 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: farlander
I thought phosgene was a blister agent, one similar to chlorine, which causes terrible damage to the lungs, causing them to quickly fill with fluids, rather than a nerve agent.
Mark
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:51:02 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
To: farlander
Nerve Gas Scare at U.N. HeadquartersI don't get this...what is this scary part?
To: poobear
Kind of like the gas chamber?IIRC, chemical tablets are dropped into acid to generate hydrogen cyanide gas...
Mark
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:53:07 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
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