"I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is."
~Albert Camus
Time to reply in kind: nuke 'em!
yeah...readily available industrial gas is a weapon of mass destruction in the eyes of koolaid soaked neocons just DYING for some sort of redemption! LOL
Ahem. Chlorine gas was first used as a chemical warfare agent in WWI on April 22, 1915 at the Second Battle of Ypres. Chlorine gas causes immediate destruction of the subject's respiratory system. Chlorine gas has a couple of deficiencies when used as a weapon: most notably, the gas is visible as a low-lying, greenish cloud. Another weakness is that chlorine gas has an affinity for water molecules, which means that covering your mouth and nose with a damp cloth is a fairly effective filter for the gas
What flavor of kool-aid are you drinking again? Librull-blue with a yellow twist?
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The bannedman does have a point. Although chlorine canisters are not "pool supply" material, they are used at water treatment plants and certain industrial sites. They are relatively easy for a terrorist to get his hands on.
But the issue here is not one of where they got it, but that they used it.
lots of private pools in iraq are there? is the therory that akmeds pool supply just got knocked over?.....or did the pool boy just now decide to go terrorist?
Last edited by manu1959; 02-21-2007 at 10:35 PM.
"I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is."
~Albert Camus
The insurgents have tried to explode not only chlorine, but also propane, with minimal affect to this point. They are searching out targets of opportunity that may have an impact.
This is nothing to worry about in the grand scheme of things.....unless you happen to be within 200 yards of the explosion, which is the greatest danger.
This is just another target of opportunity....no WMD....
Who is the conspiracy theorist around here? Someone take a look at the Beqaa Valley in Syria under about 200 ft of sand and then we will have some WMD to talk about......
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