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Mobile biological weapons laboratories in Irag ignored or covered up
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | OCTOBER 6,2004 | Aaron Klein

Posted on 10/07/2004 11:41:54 PM PDT by Razorism

Is this one of Saddam's mobile bio-weapons labs? A trailer found by the U.S. in Northern Iraq last year likely was used by Saddam Hussein's regime as a mobile biological weapons laboratory, and not to fill hydrogen balloons as some in Britain and the U.S. have charged, a view supported by exclusive photos

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biologicalweapons; wmd
After reading this article, concerning mobile biological weapons laboratories using fermentation to produce hydrogen in Irag, I would like to point out a major flaw in the reasoning ie. electrolysis of water is the favorite method to produce hydrogen, other methods include: thermochemical reactions in carbon base fuels (oil), photoelectrochemical process using sunlight, and natural photosynthetic activity of bacteria and green algae. No where do I see fermentation used as favorite method. Why produce an elaborate mobile biological weapons laboratory when you cab produce hydrogen like this link: http://webhome.idirect.com/7Efamistew/hydrogen/electro.htm Is this a coverup? Perhaps a reader who is a chemist can comment further.
1 posted on 10/07/2004 11:41:55 PM PDT by Razorism
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To: Razorism

I'm not a chemist, but I don't need to be a chemist to understand that all I need to inflate a weather balloon is an easily transportable container of a compressed light gas like hydrogen or helium.

Hydrogen is cheaper and in view of the fact that there is little risk of loss of life with a hydrogen filled weather balloon, I'd opt for hydrogen. But I sure wouldn't invest in a mobile fermentation facility to get it- I'd get it at a fixed-facility hydrogen manufacturing facility, which MUST have existed in Iraq.

That's economic insanity.


2 posted on 10/08/2004 12:04:22 AM PDT by John Valentine
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To: Darksheare

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3 posted on 10/08/2004 12:16:48 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Save a Democrat! Vote Republican!)
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