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EUPHRATES 'POISONED'
Sky News ^ | 4/4/03

Posted on 04/04/2003 1:37:59 PM PST by Zipporah

EUPHRATES 'POISONED'

US Marines found cyanide and mustard agents in high concentrations in the Euphrates River near Nassiriya in Iraq, television network MSNBC has reported.

The network said a briefing from Marine officials was its source for the information.

The agents were found during routine tests conducted to ensure the water being used is safe, MSNBC said.

Neither Centcom officials in Qatar nor US military officials in Iraq have confirmed the MSNBC report.

Mustard gas produces painful, long-lasting blisters and often leads to blindness, while cyanide kills by preventing blood from transporting oxygen.

Last Updated: 19:01 UK, Friday April 04, 2003


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: battleforbaghdad; cyanide; illegalweapons; iraq; iraqifreedom; mustardagents; poison; viceisclosing; war; water
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To: DoughtyOne
I was just telling BeP that we will get the EPA on them and its mob of federal lawyers will hound him to within an inch of his life. Surrender will follow within hours.
61 posted on 04/04/2003 9:40:47 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit ( Its time to trap some RATS)
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To: justshutupandtakeit
I might actually feel a glimmer of sorrow for them in that case. Har. (NOT)
62 posted on 04/04/2003 9:48:52 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: Illbay
"Just think how "saddened" Tom Daschle must be about now."


63 posted on 04/04/2003 9:51:46 PM PST by scott7278 (Peace had it's chance, now it's bombs away!)
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To: laz17
Saddam has been caught stashing evil sh er stuff in the rivers and lakes already years ago just by accident. That is why any real investigation must search them carefully. This leak could well be the result of hidden weapons materials. I would say that the probabilities of weapons stashed, dumping and pollution from his or his cronies companies are about equal.
64 posted on 04/04/2003 10:02:43 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit ( Its time to trap some RATS)
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To: Nightshift
ping
65 posted on 04/04/2003 10:05:18 PM PST by tutstar
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To: for-q-clinton
I just saw a Centcom line on Fox stating that we did not take out the power in Baghdad. You are probably correct that Saddams folks did it.
67 posted on 04/05/2003 6:38:18 AM PST by B4Ranch (Keep America safe! Thank the troops for our freedom. No slack for Iraq!)
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To: MHGinTN
It's going to be a mess, no doubt. But time and nature, along with a concerted effort to retrieve the sunken barrels, will someday work.

There's a famous river near where I grew up that once "caught fire". When I was a kid the water looked like a swirl of day-glo paints and smelled like nail polish remover. Today, at least according to the EPA, you can eat the pike, bass, and blue gill that live in it.

68 posted on 04/05/2003 8:09:18 AM PST by katana
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