FAS (Fed Am Scientist) Report: Iraqi Precursor Chemicals Stored Separately for Weapon-side Mixing

FAS.org ^ | Federation of American Scientists

[eureka!]

Nice find. The comments and theories make sense. Now just need some of the captives to listen to some more Barney and Metallica and they can explain it....

[HatSteel]

check this out. Just posted. Belgium Finds Nerve Gas Ingredient in Letters

[Grampa Dave]

Thanksf for reminding us of these findings.

The mobile chem lab guys could pump the newly created bad stuff into those containers after the plugs were removed and replace the plugs.

Or they could pump the new bad stuff into some other containers and have them available for a fast transfer into the containers of the missiles or shells.

[eureka!]

Just saw that. We will see more in the future. BTW, welcome aboard to FR. This is a special place....

[BOBTHENAILER]

and other WMD finds (that they keep insisting were never found).

Paging all those who feel we were LIED to by the evil Bush Administration.

[BOBTHENAILER]

In order to overcome this problem, Iraq resorted to a binary approach to weaponization: the precursor chemicals for sarin (DF 2/ and the alcohols cyclohexanol and isopropanol) were stored separately for mixing in the munitions immediately prior to use to produce a mixture of two G-series nerve agents, GB and GF. Given that the locally manufactured DF had a purity of more than 95 per cent and the alcohols were imported and of 100 per cent purity, this process could be expected to yield relatively pure sarin.

Nice post hatsteel. Miss Millie, this might interest you.

[Ben Hecks]

I don't have a link to a FR thread but this might help:

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/Primetime/iraq_barrels030426.html

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks, that is an interesting link and ties in with your thread here.

Welcome to FR! I don't remember seeing any posts or replies from you. This is an excellent thread/find.

[Publius6961]

FAS (Fed Am Scientist) Report: Iraqi Precursor Chemicals Stored Separately for Weapon-side Mixing

D'OH !

i hope this report can be translated using very tiny words for the benefit of the Hollyweird crowd, the media midgets, Democrats, Progressives, Peace Activists and other assorted fruits and nuts.

One can only hope.
But they still won't get it.

[Grampa Dave]

Here is another new thread that ties right in with this thread.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/922763/posts

Banned missile programme found in Iraq
The Associated Press ^ | 6/4/03


Posted on 06/03/2003 10:51 PM PDT by LdSentinal


LONDON (AFP) - US and British experts have discovered that Iraq was developing a banned missile, capable of reaching Israel and other parts of the Middle East, the Times reported, quoting "senior government sources".

The right-of-centre newspaper said it understood British Prime Minister Tony Blair , who has called for patience in the search for Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, has been told that rocket motors for the missiles have been found.

Sources told the paper that in the past few weeks weapons experts discovered that the Abu Ghraib military base near Baghdad was developing a weapon with a range of about 960 kilometres (600 miles).

Under limits set by the UN Security Council, Iraq was allowed to missiles with a range of up to 150 kilometres only, The Times said.

[HatSteel]

Thanks, it does help. I've added it to my links list.

[SLB]

Paging all those who feel we were LIED to by the evil Bush Administration.

Since you included me I must assume you feel I fall into the above group. WRONG! Just because I happen to disagree with Rummy on one area does not mean I disagree in all areas. You are reading way more into comments than are there.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Posted here:

Suspicious Iraqi Drums - UPDATE

[HatSteel]

Weapon-Side Mixing (WSM) of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) = Bush Doctrine Preemption(BPJ)

WSM of WMD = BPJ

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Diging around for some articles:

2 trailers deemed biological arms labs

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Another one:

IRAQ: U.S. Analysts Link Iraq Labs to Germ Arms

This from the New York times.

[HatSteel]

Ernest, these are excellent. Thanks.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Earlier find:

Suspected bioweapons labs found

[Skywalk]

I think we already found the precursor chemicals when they discovered those barrels of "pesticide."

Because yeah, Iraqi military bases really need huge drums of pesticide, just in case. You know, attack by 50 foot locusts and such.

[Grampa Dave]

BH do you have any indexing of the mobile chem labs in Iraq re articles before, during and after the war?