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JORDAN FOILS HUGE CHEMICAL ATTACK!
Sky News ^ | 4/26/04

Posted on 04/26/2004 11:16:43 AM PDT by areafiftyone

Jordan has foiled a chemical attack, linked to al Qaeda, involving trucks loaded with 20 tons of explosives that could have killed 80,000 people, according to security officials.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alqeda; alqedavkillsvarabs; arabsikillimuslims; arabskill; arabsvkillvarabs; jorda; jordan; osama; osamavkillsvarabs; religionofpeace; wmd
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To: responder; Cap Huff; Coop; Angelus Errare; Boot Hill; swarthyguy; Shermy
Fox News and MSNBC are reporting Jordanian TV is showing the confession of the captured terrorist.....in the confession he explains that it was Zarqawi who sent them on this mission from INSIDE IRAQ.

If that is correct then Zarqawi has his hands on chemical weapons and has them in Iraq.

81 posted on 04/26/2004 12:14:42 PM PDT by Dog (In Memory of Pat Tillman ---- ---- ---- American Hero.)
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To: Eurotwit
Alright, the blister agent apparently is sulfuric acid... Not as bad as I thought.

Believe me when I say that you do not want to be inhaling atomized sulfuric acid...

82 posted on 04/26/2004 12:15:24 PM PDT by tortoise (All these moments lost in time, like tears in the rain.)
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To: OXENinFLA; Cap Huff
Mowaffal Ali Adwan

I've seen this name before...

83 posted on 04/26/2004 12:16:02 PM PDT by Dog (In Memory of Pat Tillman ---- ---- ---- American Hero.)
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To: Dog
If that is correct then Zarqawi has his hands on chemical weapons and has them in Iraq.

Sounds so far like more mundane "chemicals" rather than a military chemical weapon.

84 posted on 04/26/2004 12:18:02 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: Eurotwit
I think the CNN story was described as saying that the bomb would have caused a chemical "cloud." Blow up that much explosives and you're going to get a cloud for sure. Last week there was all the speculation about VX gas. Later that seemed to get woven into some stories as "fact." I'm not an NBC expert, so I can't really speculate any further.
85 posted on 04/26/2004 12:18:09 PM PDT by Cap Huff
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To: Dog
Damn.
86 posted on 04/26/2004 12:18:41 PM PDT by Aggie Mama
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To: Dog
If that is correct then Zarqawi has his hands on chemical weapons and has them in Iraq.

Falluja perhaps?

87 posted on 04/26/2004 12:19:29 PM PDT by freeperfromnj
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To: Dog
Except Jordan said the trucks in question came from Syria.

But doesn't negate the hand of Zarkawi.
88 posted on 04/26/2004 12:21:35 PM PDT by swarthyguy
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To: Rummyfan
Sorry, but I need some proof that something really did take place. Jordan is walking a very fine line between the islamists on one side and us on the other. If they did in fact break up a plot that would have killed 80,000 people the media would be all over it. Besides, why would the islamists want to kill 80,000 Jordanians, many of whom actually support the islamists? There's something fishy here.
89 posted on 04/26/2004 12:23:05 PM PDT by ought-six
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To: areafiftyone; Shermy; mewzilla; So Cal Rocket
This is what really happened:

Jordan airs confessions of alleged chemical bomb attack planners

I guess Skynews missed the wires when it really happened!

90 posted on 04/26/2004 12:24:13 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: areafiftyone
More from Australian press:

"We managed to buy large quantities ... We collected around 20 tonnes of chemicals, enough to carry out all the operations in Jordan," Jayussi said, adding that he then went ahead with building the bombs.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9402698%255E1702,00.html
91 posted on 04/26/2004 12:24:27 PM PDT by freeperfromnj
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To: Dog
Mowaffal Ali Adwan.

Some names stick in my mind, but this one doesn't. These Islamic names are particularly frustrating in that regard because they all seem to blend into one or two generic forms!

The Zarqawi connection is interesting. If true, then it would seem he has access. I would have assumed that, but maybe this story will get some legs in the general press, and it will cause some thinking. Not likely, but we can hope.
92 posted on 04/26/2004 12:24:43 PM PDT by Cap Huff
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To: Azzurri
Saddam did not have checmical weapons!!! Haven't you been listening to CNN/ABC/CBS/NBC/PMSNBC/NPR?? Don't you pay attention to the libs when they speak?? Huh?? (/sarcasm) ;^)
93 posted on 04/26/2004 12:26:32 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American Way! Toby Keith)
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To: katana
Prediction: With each day that goes by the WMDs move a little closer to reality. GW, you gonna spank them Dems like they never been spanked before! America, I hope you have your eyes and ears open! The Democrat Party is a traitor to our great nation and must be totally destroyed at the polls this year!
94 posted on 04/26/2004 12:27:02 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX
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To: swarthyguy
See link at #91!
95 posted on 04/26/2004 12:27:23 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: swarthyguy; Angelus Errare; Coop; Cap Huff
I knew I saw that name before ......he(Ali Adwan) was being hunted in Jordan......sounds like they toe tagged him..

Mowafaq Ali Ahmed Adwan

Later, on state television, authorities offered "big rewards" for information on three suspects still at large: Suleiman Khaled Darwish, Azmi al-Jaousi, Mowafaq Ali Ahmed Adwan.

BTW.....in the Fox and MSNBC report .....this gentleman has been ID'ed as the cells leader...Azmi al-Jaousi.

96 posted on 04/26/2004 12:27:34 PM PDT by Dog (In Memory of Pat Tillman ---- ---- ---- American Hero.)
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To: Cap Huff
Wash your mouth out for using Froggie around us; and no allowance this week. Bad, bad, bad.
97 posted on 04/26/2004 12:27:35 PM PDT by 7.62 x 51mm (• © • ™ • ® •)
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To: areafiftyone
Chemical weapons in the hands of Al Qaeda?

Not from Iraq, that's for sure.

Impossible.

Hans Blix said so.

These sophisticated weapons did NOT come from a state that was known to produce chemical weapons that was also known to fund terrorists and hate America.

No.

These weapons came from marauding Bedouins who live in caves and eat camel dung.

Don't blame Iraq! I REPEAT, DON'T BLAME IRAQ!

...

WHO DID YOU VOTE FOR IN 2000? DID YOU VOTE FOR BUSH? ARE YOU A REPUBLICAN? ANSWER THE QUESTION! ANSWER THE QUESTION!

(/end Jean Qaerry)
99 posted on 04/26/2004 12:29:37 PM PDT by Enduring Freedom (Liberalism is a form of insanity)
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To: oceanview
If CNN and MSNBC are reporting this how can that be construed the mainstream press ignoring the story?
100 posted on 04/26/2004 12:31:05 PM PDT by Rebelbase ("Kerry is the female version of Hillary"............FReeper Paul Atreides)
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