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'Nerve gas bomb' explodes in Iraq
BBC News World Edition ^ | 05/17/04 | BBC News

Posted on 05/17/2004 8:14:59 AM PDT by JusticeTalion

An artillery round containing a small amount of the nerve gas sarin has exploded in Iraq. Brig Gen Mark Kimmitt said the blast caused a small release of the substance, and two people were treated for exposure to the agent.

The substance was found in an artillery shell inside a bag discovered by a US convoy a few days ago, he said.

It appears to be the first evidence of nerve gas existing in Iraq since the start of the US-led war last year.

The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner says the implications, especially psychological, for the use of such a substance by terrorists are potentially huge.

Gen Kimmitt said the dispersal of the nerve agent from a device such as the homemade bomb was "limited".

"The former regime had declared all such rounds destroyed before the 1991 Gulf War," he said.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; sarin; wmd
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How many count as proof?
1 posted on 05/17/2004 8:15:05 AM PDT by JusticeTalion
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To: JusticeTalion

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2 posted on 05/17/2004 8:16:29 AM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (You make me feel warm all over. No...wait...I'm soaking in a puddle of my own urine.)
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To: JusticeTalion

oh boy....could this be the "tip" of the iceberg? Stay safe, soliders!


3 posted on 05/17/2004 8:17:20 AM PDT by smiley
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June is busting out all over on this one. All the outlets are picking it up except our "major" ones....


4 posted on 05/17/2004 8:19:02 AM PDT by b4its2late (Liberals are good examples of why some animals eat their young.)
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To: JusticeTalion

"How many count as proof?"

Republican = 1

DemoRAT = No matter what, it's not enough!


5 posted on 05/17/2004 8:21:54 AM PDT by River_Wrangler (Gun powder for me and a beer for my horse!)
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To: JusticeTalion

How do you know it wasn't brought in from outside? There are hundreds/thousands of foreign fighters in the country since the fall of Saddam, some of them Al-Qaeda linked, and many of whom have the capability/contacts to procure all sorts of chemical weapons. Don't forget it's been well over a year that these guys have been inside iraq.

Even a significant nerve gas attack at this stage would be no guarantee that the agent used was originally made or stored in Saddam-era Iraq.


6 posted on 05/17/2004 8:22:07 AM PDT by JedForbes
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This is no big deal! David Kay said so....MSNBC is covering the prisoner abuse story! (sarcasm)


7 posted on 05/17/2004 8:22:09 AM PDT by Ragirl (Vote in '04 ! Those who sit on their hands end up with poop on them.)
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To: smiley

Hmm. It probably won't get picked up that widely because Sarin isn't a "sexy" WMD like a nuclear device, Anthrax or Ebola.


8 posted on 05/17/2004 8:25:35 AM PDT by Lou L
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To: JusticeTalion

I demand an apology.


9 posted on 05/17/2004 8:26:02 AM PDT by Lijahsbubbe (John Kerry is a dingleberry)
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How many count as proof?

I would say one is proof, many is a stockpile. I bet the terrorists are trying to figure out which ammo dump they stole this one from as we write.

10 posted on 05/17/2004 8:28:07 AM PDT by highlander_UW (A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. - Robert Frost)
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This is just the first Sarin bomb. More will soon follow. The Iraqis will soon be demanding the U.S. not to leave because they are without any defense against terrorists armed with WMDs.

Saddam's WMD were shipped to Syria just after the war began. There are 150 reports about Iraq's WMDs and Saddam's proven support of terrorism HERE.

11 posted on 05/17/2004 8:28:58 AM PDT by ex-Texan
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How do you know it wasn't brought in from outside? --JedForbes

JedForbes signed up on May 17, 2004.

12 posted on 05/17/2004 8:30:50 AM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: ex-Texan
Gotta love this DUmmy response:

mouse7 (1000+ posts)
Mon May-17-04 11:11 AM
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46. Rummy picked the shell up from Pine Bluff before his visit to Iraq
Awful damn convenient that the person in the world most under the microscope right now that has more access to chemical weapons than anyone else in the world just popped his head in the door to have a pep rally last week and an old sarin shell shows up minutes after he left.
Gee... I'll bet nobody checks the party that travels with Rummy either.

13 posted on 05/17/2004 8:33:31 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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How many count as proof?

The answer is:

At each time T, "proof" consists of: an amount greater than has been discovered by time T

14 posted on 05/17/2004 8:33:57 AM PDT by Dr. Frank fan
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How do you know it wasn't brought in from outside? There are hundreds/thousands of foreign fighters in the country since the fall of Saddam, some of them Al-Qaeda linked, and many of whom have the capability/contacts to procure all sorts of chemical weapons. Don't forget it's been well over a year that these guys have been inside iraq.

Even a significant nerve gas attack at this stage would be no guarantee that the agent used was originally made or stored in Saddam-era Iraq. A fine example of Bush-hating Democrat cognitive dissonance at work.

15 posted on 05/17/2004 8:36:11 AM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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How do you know it wasn't brought in from outside?

Do you have any evidence whatsoever to indicate this? Absent such evidence, the most logical hypothesis would be that the WMD came from nearby rather than faraway.

How odd it would be to assume it came from faraway lands unless proved otherwise! I wonder what would compel a person to adopt such a twisted stance.

16 posted on 05/17/2004 8:36:38 AM PDT by Dr. Frank fan
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To: JedForbes
Be like Mike.

17 posted on 05/17/2004 8:39:49 AM PDT by evets (God bless president George W. Bush)
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To: highlander_UW

These dudes are trying to find a doctor to payoff. I sure hope they pick the wrong one or the whole bunch of them drop dead at their next Sadr lecture!!


18 posted on 05/17/2004 8:46:26 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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It's Bush's fault... they never would have built this bomb if it were not for Bush.


19 posted on 05/17/2004 8:46:44 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: Dr. Frank fan; JusticeTalion


"There is never enough poof" ~< /Lanny Davis voice>
20 posted on 05/17/2004 8:48:03 AM PDT by motzman (Kerry's Haircut: Operation Shear Shrek)
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