[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Related link:

FAS (Fed Am Scientist) Report: Iraqi Precursor Chemicals Stored Separately for Weapon-side Mixing, "duel-use" (?), + WMD links.

[Billthedrill]

I did feel that most of the media dismissed the WMD claims as "pesticides" just a little too quickly - organic phosphates have a number of applications, and human beings are considered "pests" by quite a broad range of people.

[k2blader]

Bump.

[Gorzaloon]

Dr Hassan: "But we have never produced ricin in Iraq. It's very difficult to do."

Utter, total BS. You can do it in your kitchen witha Mister Coffee.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

300 Sacks Castor Beans Found In Iraq By U.S.Troops[per MSNBC] ^

      ~ June 25, 2003

[Elsie]

Near the vacant lot where the castor oil plant had stood was a restored packing shed. No-one could explain why it appeared to have a reinforced concrete roof. Dr Ameen said: "That depends on the philosophy of the building's designer. Maybe it's good for ventilation."

What was the castor oil plant for? To make brake fluid for cars and trucks. Why did the US insist on bombing such a humble venture? The castor oil seed husks could be treated to produce a biological toxin called ricin.

Dr Hassan: "But we have never produced ricin in Iraq. It's very difficult to do."

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Oh??? How do you KNOW???

[piasa]

In a new section of the factory, which Dr Ameen suspected was the reason for the renewed US interest in Falluja, he explained how a few months ago several big tanks had been trucked in for a pesticide plant. "Maybe their satellites saw the trucks coming in and the work being done."

Interesting old article in light of the recent ricin mailings and in light of news that Syria used wmd in an attack...

[piasa]

update of this old article you posted years ago... and the Iraqi scientist is claiming everything there is for civilian purposes, including the newly installed tanks the reporters can see right there.

Note that this is the place where the NY Times admits in 2014 still has chemical weapons and is now under the control of terrorists. And the Times tries to claim it's all from the 1980s.