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. [history]
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.
US out of the UN. UN out of the US.
Well “nerve gas” is easily digested by the dumber than stumps that listen and buy into the media explanation...
If they said “Blistering agent” they would have interpreted that to mean how much SPF 30 to put on when they are outside...
This is another example of why we need to divorse ourselves from the U.N. and send them packing to their alternate site in Geneva...
I think the goons would be much happier over there anyway...
I wanna know how they got that into the country, without anyone keeping tabs on it...It was probably sitting in someones desk drawer...
Actually, we are both correct. Sarin was invented in 1938 by 2 German scientists (looking for a good pesticide). It was produced - but obviously not used in the war - by the Nazis. It was not used (at least per Wikipedia) to gas anyone. I’m a bit skeptical about that - the Germans were infamous for doing all types of human experiments, so it would surprise me if they didn’t use it on some unfortunate human subjects.
But you’re correct about the Zyklon-B history. FYI, Zyklon B is still in production in Czech Republic in factory Draslovka Kolín a.s. in the city Kolín under the tradename Uragan D2, sold for eradicating insects and small animals.
” Authorities said the phosgene was believed to have been discovered in Iraq and manufactured prior to 1991.”
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Well, it doesn’t count as WMD then, does it? ABC stinks.
You were right.
wow. This was buried quickly.
lots of weird sex toys, I'd wager.
Didn't even evacuate the building. They made more out of the DeutscheBank building problems.
That building is worth way more as condos.
I was told a democrat newspaper that the chemical munitions found in Iraq were old so they were nothing to worry about.
I bet they could just dump those vials down the drain in the UN Men’s bathroom.
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