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To: ThinkDifferent
It's actually better than I expected. It could easily have ended with ten times as many hostages dead.

It's nothing short of miraculous. Thank God. I can't figure out how a gas could be delivered so quickly, especially without killing a lot of people.

Now that the word is out though, terrorists will be carrying gas masks the next time around.

21 posted on 10/26/2002 4:43:28 AM PDT by Aquinasfan
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To: Aquinasfan
>Now that the word is out though, terrorists will be carrying gas masks the next time around.

I recall reading on a thread a long time ago that the Russians have some kind of material that will melt the gas masks of opponents and they used it in, I think, Afghanistan.

36 posted on 10/26/2002 5:40:18 AM PDT by 2sheep
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From what I understand, the brilliance of the plan was that they didn't attempt to deliver the gas quickly, but instead slowly over a long period. Hence the terrorists didn't realize what was taking place. I believe that they used the broken water pipe, and there was reports of the hostages being nauseated and passing out during the last day.
76 posted on 10/26/2002 7:51:02 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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