Posted on 05/18/2004 9:23:50 AM PDT by Living Free in NH
Breaking news ... nothing follows
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DU response: It's only 1 shell, that's it. And nobody died, so it doesn't count. Oh, and chems aren't WMD's anyway, only nukes are.
Er, maybe it was going to be used as a pesticide?
/Hans Blix
That's not enough for Blix....
WMD lite. Nothing to see here. Move along.
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
By Liza Porteus
NEW YORK — Tests of the artillery shell that detonated in Iraq on Saturday have confirmed that it did in fact contain an estimated three or four liters of the deadly sarin (search) nerve agent, Defense officials told Fox News Tuesday.
The artillery shell was left as a roadside bomb, the U.S. military said Monday. Two U.S. soldiers were treated for minor exposure to the nerve agent when the 155-mm shell exploded before it could be rendered inoperable.
The soldiers displayed "classic" symptoms of sarin exposure — most notably dilated pupils and nausea, officials said. The symptoms ran their course fairly quickly, however, and as of Tuesday, the two had returned to duty.
Try repeated applications.
Darn, you beat me by 3 minutes... lol
You forgot, it's wasn't clearly labeled as "WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION: PROPERTY OF S. HUSSEIN" so it's not at all a WMD.
and the terrorists who put the explosive device together didn't know it was in there? Yeah, right.
Might as well be 3-4 litres of RAID. Press won't touch it.
Probably the perp didn't know what he had...meaning an vigilant local search should be made to find the local cache the shell came from.
Someone who knows about Sarin gas, tell me what this quantity means?
I think I've read that Sarin isn't as lethal in an open air situation, but I must admit I'm really ignorant of the "specifics" on the gas.
If this had exploded and released it's full content, what casualty number could it caused?
Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You mean this story?
By Liza Porteus FoxNews
NEW YORK — Tests of the artillery shell that detonated in Iraq on Saturday have confirmed that it did in fact contain an estimated three or four liters of the deadly sarin (search) nerve agent, Defense officials told Fox News Tuesday.
The artillery shell was left as a roadside bomb, the U.S. military said Monday. Two U.S. soldiers were treated for minor exposure to the nerve agent when the 155-mm shell exploded before it could be rendered inoperable.
The soldiers displayed "classic" symptoms of sarin exposure — most notably dilated pupils and nausea, officials said. The symptoms ran their course fairly quickly, however, and as of Tuesday, the two had returned to duty.
That's a pretty fair amount of the stuff, nearly a gallon. Not looking good fortune in the mouth, so to speak, but supposedly, that is enough sarin to kill several thousand people. Why was this stuff such a dud?
Best liberal idiocy I've heard yet:
"The shell wasn't marked so it was probably misplaced when Saddam destroyed the other ones."
Yes someone really did say those words to me this morning. I can't decide which disturbs me more, that the person who spouted such drivel is supposed to be en educated thinking member of the electorate, or that there are unmarked sarin warheads lying around.
One of these shells set off in a NY subway would be 9-11 all over again.
I would agree with that assessment. Another thing that has been annoying is the devolution of Civil Defense to FEMA and its hurricane rescue programs.
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