"If this pans out, that's two WMD's in the last ten days.."

[kentuck]

Just said by a CNN newsperson. For some reason, I was under the impression that if someone was exposed to Sarin gas, they didn't walk away with just a bit of discomfort. They died almost immediately. Am I wrong on this?

But the CNN guy said there was a round found about ten days ago with mustard gas in it. And today, the possibility of Sarin gas. See! We were in danger of being attacked by WMDs. He had more than one round. Now they have found two rounds! He was a danger to the civilized world. Do you need any more proof?

[gWbush is Mabus]

1. there is an "M" in WMD

one old sarin shell won't cut it

[mot78]

4. How old is this sarin

If it hasn't been touched since the early-mid '90s, then it's not the threat we would think. However, if it quallifies as "imminent" then it is the "planted" WMD.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

8. It is very old

from before the first gulf war.

[cheezus]

2. not only that, they were recuiting doped up ex russion olympiad

who could throw those rounds almost all the way to isreal

[redqueen]

3. Yes, they really think we're all that stupid

or at least enough of us are to for them to continue their clowning gig so they can keep collecting those fat paychecks!

Soulless whores! :mad:

[cspiguy]

13. well, half of us are (RED STATES)

n/t

[lovedems]

5. I saw that. He went as far to say if this sarin gas story pans out

"Then WMD's have been found in Iraq".

[underpants]

6. OMG perish the thought but that would have made HIM twice as dangerous

[soup]

7. Dashing out to stock up on duct tape and plastic -

Anybody need me to pick up extra while I'm out?

This is it, kids.

Duct and cover time. Fer real.

[KC21304]

9. Not mustard gas ! Left over from WW I maybe ??

[htuttle]

10. This is bullshit -- an outright lie

The Bush administration has absolutely NO credibility on this issue. If they want anyone but idiots to believe it (such as people outside the US), they are going to need to get a third party like UNSCOM to verify it. I can almost guarantee at this point that they won't be able to do that.

[redqueen]

Don't think they care about anyone outside the US

They really only want to influence enough people to get close enough to steal it again. Or just keep enough people sedated until they can get another $50 billion for chickenhawkcheney's buds (with some change thrown at the troops, too... don't they call those 'loss leaders' in retail?)

[htuttle]

15. That's a good point

[mchiocca]

11. American Made

Let's not forget that any WMD's found in Iraq were gifts from America to help Hussain with the Iran-Iraq war....

[newyawker99]

20. Hi Mchiocca!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[JHB]

12. Are they scouring old Iran-Iraq battlefields with metal detectors?

Looking for old dud rounds?

Exactly what conditions were these individual rounds found under?

[underpants]

16. Here's what I am getting:Old rounds stolen from unguarded ammo dumps

Like many of the IED's this was a round that was taken form unguarded ammo dumps of which there are many around Iraq. Are they still unguarded? Gee that would be an interesting news report huh? Maybe things are so bad no one wants to venture into the countryside to find out...plus it being bad news and all.

Anyway someone had an artillery shell that they rigged up to blow and it turns out that it once might have had scarin' gas in it. David Kay apparently has already said that it probably is from the Iran-Iraq war and is useless in it current (now permenant) state.


That is what I am picking up from the threads on this.

[seabeyond]

14. not if they are 15-20 years old

the seren has a shelf life of only so long. i just havent heard on the news. i think they are making bigger than is, and not giving all info. havent watched the last hour

[qanda]

17. They said they were preliminary tests

And we know what happened after all the rest of the preliminary testing that was done on "suspected" shells.

The field test comes back positive and then three weeks later it's found out to be nothing. They will make this the story for the next few days and then in a couple of weeks they'll add a footnote to some broadcast which says that the final tests came back negative.

[kentuck]

18. That's the media's fault for not calling them on this "trick"....

they have done about a dozen times or more already. And they fall for it everytime... :shrug:

[underpants]

19. Maybe Libyan turkeys smuggled the mustard gas in

Of course that is a helluva trip for any turkey let alone one carrying mustard gas.......and having to get through customs.