[boris]

"I am leaning toward an unknown nerve agent in this operation."

Me, too. As I commented in another thread, I have a friend who was in the OSS during WWII. He remained in touch with intelligence people well into the 1980s. He told me the Russians actually had developed an agent--he called it "Silver Dust"--which was designed to be distributed in a room (using a grenade-type dispenser?). Everyone who inhaled it would "go down like a stone" and "most of them would wake up again".

I asked him if the U.S. had anything similar and he clammed up.

--Boris

[antidisestablishment]

Yep, I have heard rumors of such agents for years. If one could be developed so that "everyone" could get up afterward, it would be a miracle.

I asked him if the U.S. had anything similar and he clammed up.

Seems to be the standard response. LOL

[null and void]

he called it "Silver Dust"--which was designed to be distributed in a room (using a grenade-type dispenser?).

The attack was started with what the media described as "Flash Bang" grenades...