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BREAKING NEWS - WMD; Exploded roadside bomb contains Sarin
Topic Started: May 17 2004, 09:44 AM (1,096 Views)
somerled
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Doc :
You do know that Sarin is completely different to Mustad Gas ?

When I looked few hours ago there was still no mention of any alleged find of Mustard Gas in Iraq.

Have you concidered that the alleged find of Mustard Gas might have been fabricated, misreported, or found to be something else. Hence no report of it in ABC and BBC sites.

Look for yourself : ABC
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Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 20:12 AEST

Protesters hurl petrol bombs at UK embassy in Iran
Demonstrators angry about the US-led occupation of Iraq hurled petrol bombs, firecrackers and stones at the British embassy in Iran on Wednesday, witnesses said.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 20:07 AEST

US guard pleads guilty to Iraq abuses
United States prison guard Jeremy Sivits has pleaded guilty to charges relating to the abuse and humiliation of inmates inside Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail at a court martial in Baghdad.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 19:37 AEST

Israeli troops remain in Rafah despite protest
The Israeli Army has destroyed the family home of the militant responsible for killing an Israeli settler and her three young daughters more than two weeks ago.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 19:18 AEST

Iraq 'job' harder than first thought: Howard
Prime Minister John Howard has conceded the rebuilding of Iraq is much harder than he first thought.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 18:48 AEST

Second group claims responsibility for Salim's death
A group headed by Al Qaeda figure Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has claimed responsibility for the attack that killed Iraqi Governing Council head Izzedin Salim this week.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 18:37 AEST

Three charged with Iraq abuse enter 'no plea'
Three US soldiers charged over the abuse scandal at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib jail have declined to enter pleas on Wednesday during a series of short pre-trial hearings in Baghdad.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 16:32 AEST

US, Sadr loyalists clash near Karbala shrine
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Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 15:49 AEST

Howard marginally increases Iraq commitment
The Federal Government has made a minor boost to Australia's Iraq commitment by sending two Federal Police officers to train members of the local Iraqi police force.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 15:25 AEST

Downer visits Libya to renew trade ties
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Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 14:46 AEST

Militant killed during Nablus clashes
The Israeli Army has shot dead a militant from the radical Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades early on Wednesday during fierce clashes between troops and Palestinian gunmen in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian medical and security sources said.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 12:33 AEST

Australians to train Iraqi police
The Federal Government has announced the first commitment of Australian police for Iraq.

[FULL STORY]

Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 11:00 AEST

Iraqi Reuters staff claim US abuse
Three Iraqis working for the Reuters news agency have claimed US forces beat them and subjected them to sexual and religious taunts and humiliation during their detention last January in a military camp near Fallujah.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 07:55 AEST

British soldier arrested over fake photos
Britain's Ministry of Defence says at least one British soldier has been arrested over the fake Iraqi abuse photographs published in the Daily Mirror newspaper.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 07:11 AEST

Iraqi prisoner abuse trial to start
The first court martial of an American soldier accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners will begin in Baghdad today.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 06:15 AEST

Israel kills 19 Palestinians in Gaza raid
Israel's Army has killed at least 19 Palestinians in the heaviest raid in the Gaza Strip for years as tanks and infantry thrust into Rafah refugee camp.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 00:12 AEST

Four arrested over beheading
Officials in Iraq say four men have been arrested in connection with the beheading of American hostage Nick Berg.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004. 00:09 AEST

Israelis sweep through Gaza camp
Palestinian negotiations minister Saeb Erekat has accused Israel of perpetrating "war crimes" after the deaths of at least 15 residents during army raid in the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza.

[FULL STORY]

Tuesday, May 18, 2004.

Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 23:34 AEST

Britain to send 3,000 more troops to Iraq: report
Britain will announce next week that it is sending up to 3,000 more troops to Iraq in an attempt to restore order before next month's handover of power to an interim Iraqi government, The Times reported on Tuesday.

[FULL STORY]

Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 20:49 AEST

Loud explosion rumbles across Baghdad
A loud explosion rumbled across central Baghdad on Tuesday, just hours after the funeral was held for the slain president of Iraq's Governing Council who was killed in a suicide bombing one day earlier.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 20:11 AEST

Downer in Brussels for EU, NATO talks
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer will hold talks with European Union executives as part of an overseas trip that is also taking him to Libya.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 19:34 AEST

Israel committing war crimes in Rafah: Palestinian minister
Palestinian negotiations minister Saeb Erekat has accused Israel of perpetrating "war crimes" after the deaths of at least 13 residents during an army raid in the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza.

[FULL STORY]

Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 17:41 AEST

Iraqi journalists under threat covering war: report
Iraqi journalists are playing a larger role in covering the US-led war and they are frequently harassed, threatened and attacked by occupying troops and insurgents, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Monday.

[FULL STORY]

Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 16:23 AEST

Thailand flags Iraq troop pull out
Thai soldiers stationed in Iraq could be withdrawn after the June 30 handover of authority by the United States if the security situation worsens, Defence Minister Chettha Thanajaro said on Tuesday.

[FULL STORY]

Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 16:12 AEST

Security fears emerge as US prepares to relocate troops from S Korea
The South Korean Government has moved to calm security fears as Washington confirmed plans to relocate 3,600 US troops from the tense border with North Korea to Iraq.

[FULL STORY]

Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 16:00 AEST

Salim buried amid battles in Iraq
A formal funeral ceremony for Izzedine Salim, the slain head of Iraq's US-installed Governing Council, has taken place inside the US headquarters in Baghdad.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 13:24 AEST

Howard rules out Iraq troop increase
Prime Minister John Howard has ruled out any significant increase in the number of Australian troops in Iraq.

[FULL STORY]

Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 10:08 AEST

Fifty killed in Iraq clashes
United States forces say they have killed at least 50 militiamen loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in heavy overnight clashes in Iraq's south.

[FULL STORY]

Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 09:20 AEST

Twelve killed in Israeli refugee camp raid: reports
Eleven Palestinians have been killed and over 30 injured during a major Israeli raid on the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, while another died while trying to plant a bomb, medical sources at Rafah hospital said.

[FULL STORY]

Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 09:08 AEST

Coalition firm on Iraq handover date
Prime Minister John Howard says he does not expect yesterday's murder of Izzedine Salim in Iraq to delay plans for a handover of sovereignty on June 30.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 07:13 AEST

Iraqi captors release Russian hostages
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Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 06:32 AEST

US Red Cross boss quits amid Iraq prisoner scandal
The head of the Washington office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has resigned for "personal reasons", amid turmoil created by a secret Red Cross report on Iraqi prisoner abuse by United States forces.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 06:29 AEST

Syria sanctions will increase tension: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia says that United States sanctions newly slapped on Syria would heighten tension in the region and demanded that punitive measures be imposed on Israel instead.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 05:52 AEST

Three to face court over prisoner abuse
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Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 05:42 AEST

Annan shocked at killing of Iraqi leader
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Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 01:12 AEST

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[FULL STORY


BBC
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Your 19 search results for "mustard gas"

Libya declares chemical weapons
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Think you are flogging a dead horse on that one.
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Minuet
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somerled
May 19 2004, 01:27 AM
Minuet :
I don't want to burst your bubble but - Howard was referring to that old Sarin shell that was rigged up as mine , and NOT to any Mustard Gas finds.

That is what we are talking about - the alleged find of a Mustard Gas munition made by Fox, but STILL not reported by BBC or ABC or ANY ( A  N  Y ) Australian networks.

How many times have Fox been first to report as a headline WMD finds were discredited or found to be something else? - I wonder if they take the time to check their sources thoroughly , and how much of their reporting is ratings driven ?
They are certainly politically driven.

If both Sarin and Mustad Gas munitions had really been unearthed then that's a huge story and it with the elections in the UK, USA and Australia coming up soon it would be surely be getting more coverage if there was anything in it.

When did the subject change????

The description of this thread clearly relates to SARIN. My impression was that this was the find we were talking about.

However, I did go back and see that about halfway through you started talking about mustard gas for some as yet unexplained reason. (I can't wait to hear this excuse. If nothing else you can be quite entertaining at times)

Hmmmm, were you possibly changing the subject so that you wouldn't have to face the fact that a BANNED substance was found in Iraq?
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Minuet:

Here it is
Bill's post May 17 2004, 04:57 PM
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120137,00.html

Here's one.

The title is, "Sarin, Mustard Gas Discovered Separately in Iraq"

Please read the entire article.


Here's the text of the Fox story

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Sarin, Mustard Gas Discovered Separately in Iraq

Monday, May 17, 2004

BAGHDAD, Iraq — A roadside bomb containing sarin nerve agent (search) recently exploded near a U.S. military convoy, the U.S. military said Monday.

 
 
Bush administration officials told Fox News that mustard gas (search) was also recently discovered. 


edit..... I wonder who that was ? why not name him/her - no wait - people would contact him/her to ask about it and the story would be exposed too soon ! :rotfl:

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Two people were treated for "minor exposure" after the sarin incident but no serious injuries were reported. Soldiers transporting the shell for inspection suffered symptoms consistent with low-level chemical exposure, which is what led to the discovery, a U.S. official told Fox News.

"The Iraqi Survey Group confirmed today that a 155-millimeter artillery round containing sarin nerve agent had been found," Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt (search), the chief military spokesman in Iraq, told reporters in Baghdad. "The round had been rigged as an IED (improvised explosive device) which was discovered by a U.S. force convoy."

The round detonated before it would be rendered inoperable, Kimmitt said, which caused a "very small dispersal of agent."

However, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the results were from a field test, which can be imperfect, and said more analysis was needed. If confirmed, it would be the first finding of a banned weapon upon which the United States based its case for war.

Click to Read the Weapons of Mass Destruction Handbook

A senior Bush administration official told Fox News that the sarin gas shell is the second chemical weapon discovered recently.  


edit - Who ? what was the 1st find ?


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Two weeks ago, U.S. military units discovered mustard gas that was used as part of an IED. Tests conducted by the Iraqi Survey Group (search) — a U.S. organization searching for weapons of mass destruction — and others concluded the mustard gas was "stored improperly," which made the gas "ineffective."

They believe the mustard gas shell may have been one of 550 projectiles for which former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein failed to account when he made his weapons declaration shortly before Operation Iraqi Freedom began last year. Iraq also failed to then account for 450 aerial bombs with mustard gas. That, combined with the shells, totaled about 80 tons of unaccounted for mustard gas.

It also appears some top Pentagon officials were surprised by the sarin news; they thought the matter was classified, administration officials told Fox News.

An official at the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) headquarters in New York said the commission is surprised to hear news of the mustard gas. 


Edit : :loling: not surprizing since the report is a work of fiction

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"If that's the case, why didn't they announce it earlier?" the official asked.

The UNMOVIC official said the group needs to know more from the Bush administration before it's possible to determine if this is "old or new stuff. It is known that Iraq used sarin during the Iraq-Iran war, however.

Kimmitt said the shell belonged to a class of ordnance that Saddam's government said was destroyed before the 1991 Gulf war (search). Experts believe both the sarin and mustard gas weapons date back to that time.

"It was a weapon that we believe was stocked from the ex-regime time and it had been thought to be an ordinary artillery shell set up to explode like an ordinary IED and basically from the detection of that and when it exploded, it indicated that it actually had some sarin in it," Kimmitt said.

The incident occurred "a couple of days ago," he added. The discovery reportedly occurred near Baghdad International Airport.

Washington officials say the significance of the find is that some chemical shells do still exist in Iraq, and it's thought that fighters there may be upping their attacks on U.S. forces by using such weapons.

The round was an old "binary-type" shell in which two chemicals held in separate sections are mixed after firing to produce sarin, Kimmitt said.

He said he believed that insurgents who rigged the artillery shell as a bomb didn't know it contained the nerve agent, and that the dispersal of the nerve agent from such a rigged device was very limited.

The shell had no markings. It appears the binary sarin agents didn't mix, which is why there weren't serious injuries from the initial explosion, a U.S. official told Fox News.

"Everybody knew Saddam had chemical weapons, the question was, where did they go. Unfortunately, everybody jumped on the offramp and said 'well, because we didn't find them, he didn't have them,'" said Fox News military analyst Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney.

"I doubt if it's the tip of the iceberg but it does confirm what we've known ... that he [Saddam] had weapons of mass destruction that he used on his own people," Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, told Fox News. "This does show that the fear we had is very real. Now whether there is much more of this we don't know, Iraq is the size of the state of California."

But there were more reasons than weapons to get rid of Saddam, he added. "We considered Saddam Hussein a threat not just because of weapons of mass destruction," Grassley said.



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Iraqi Scientist: You Will Find More

Gazi George, a former Iraqi nuclear scientist under Saddam's regime, told Fox News he believes many similar weapons stockpiled by the former regime were either buried underground or transported to Syria. He noted that the airport where the device was detonated is on the way to Baghdad from the Syrian border


. Edit :
the plot thickens - some guy who wants preferential treatment , perhaps immunity from prosecution if he "cooperates" has said this.


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George said the finding likely will be the first in a series of discoveries of such weapons.

"Saddam is the type who will not store those materials in a military warehouse. He's gonna store them either underground, or, as I said, lots of them have gone west to Syria and are being brought back with the insurgencies," George told Fox News. "It is difficult to look in areas that are not obvious to the military's eyes.

"I'm sure they're going to find more once time passes," he continued, saying one year is not enough for the survey group or the military to find the weapons.

Saddam, when he was in power, had declared that he did in fact possess mustard-gas filled artilleries but none that included sarin.

"I think what we found today, the sarin in some ways, although it's a nerve gas, it's a lucky situation sarin detonated in the way it did ... it's not as dangerous as the cocktails Saddam used to make, mixing blister" agents with other gases and substances, George said.



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Officials: Discovery Is 'Significant'

U.S. officials

(Edit : who ? exactly )

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told Fox News that the shell discovery is a "significant" event.

Artillery shells of the 155-mm size are as big as it gets when it comes to the ordnance lobbed by infantry-based artillery units. The 155 howitzer can launch high capacity shells over several miles; current models used by the United States can fire shells as far as 14 miles. One official told Fox News that a conventional 155-mm shell could hold as much as "two to five" liters of sarin, which is capable of killing thousands of people under the right conditions in highly populated areas.

The Iraqis were very capable of producing such shells in the 1980s but it's not as clear that they continued after the first Gulf War.

In 1995, Japan's Aum Shinrikyo (search) cult unleashed sarin gas in Tokyo's subways, killing 12 people and sickening thousands. In February of this year, Japanese courts convicted the cult's former leader, Shoko Asahara, and sentence him to be executed.

Developed in the mid-1930s by Nazi scientists, a single drop of sarin can cause quick, agonizing choking death. There are no known instances of the Nazis actually using the gas.

Nerve gases work by inhibiting key enzymes in the nervous system, blocking their transmission. Small exposures can be treated with antidotes, if administered quickly.

Antidotes to nerve gases similar to sarin are so effective that top poison gas researchers predict they eventually will cease to be a war threat.

Fox News' Wendell Goler, Steve Harrigan, Ian McCaleb, Liza Porteus, James Rosen and The Associated Press contributed to this report.


All sources that I have seen seem to have picked up this have done so after Fox.

Pay attention.

FROM WICHITA: The next time you insert your personal comments in the text of quotes, I'm going to just delete them. I've fixed them twice - that's enough.
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Admiralbill_gomec
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Mustard Gas Found:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1120720,00.html

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2...17/170427.shtml

http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=13438

Still, short of tying up a howitzer shell in a big pink bow and handing it to him, Somerled won't believe anything.

The problem here is that you refuse to admit you were or are wrong.
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Minuet
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^^^Not only that Admiral, but even though the article Somerled quoted did mention Mustard Gas the intent of this thread was clearly to discuss the Sarin.

Somerled was losing the argument (and looking ridiculous with his CIA accusations) so he went :offtopic: in a weak attempt to make us forget his mistakes.
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An interesting side note about the sarin found in the shell. The quantity was over three litres. Yes, this much would fit in a 6" (155mm) shell.

Seeing as .28 milligrams is a lethal dose, that would kill a LOT of people if dispersed right. Thousands. Theoretically, perfect dispersal could kill over three million (if they were all crowded together). Airburst over a regiment of infantry? Pffft. Dead. Then there is the collateral damage to anyone else nearby. The thing about weapons like these is that they do not discriminate against anyone. A shift in the wind could disperse the liquid over a big patch of sand, or a town, or that regiment.

I read about the use of Mustard Gas and chlorine during WWI. The Germans used to have this stuff blow back at their trench, killing their own troops.

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When I looked few hours ago there was still no mention of any alleged find of Mustard Gas in Iraq.


You obviously did NOT use the Search function to look, Somerled. You simply posted the front page of each site. You're only thorough when it suits you.
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ImpulseEngine
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Apparently David Kay concurs with my opinion that, if the shell containing sarin was part of a hidden stockpile, the insurgents would have known what it was.

From this article:
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It is hard to know if this is one that just was overlooked – and there were always some that were overlooked, we knew that – or if this was one that came from a hidden stockpile," Kay said. "I rather doubt that because it appears the insurgents didn't even know they had a chemical round.



Somerled:

Here's the original article posted by AB (i.e., the topic) of this thread. Where does it mention the recent mustard gas find? The article's title is "Roadside bomb containing sarin nerve agent explodes in Iraq".

You were talking about the "lack of news" about sarin and changed the subject when you were proved wrong. Go back and read the thread. (It's funny how everyone here seems to know what you were talking about except you... :rolleyes: )
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Bill:
Newsmax , Frontpagemag , really come on - where are the respected sources of news who aren't just Pro-Bush pro-war ultraright wing propogandists who are incapable of checking their facts. Seems you are clutching at straws.

The Gardian refers to a find that , I think you'll find was shown not what the discoverors thought it was based on inadequate field tests , way back in January.
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Paul Harris in New York
Sunday January 11, 2004
The Observer

Dozens of mortar rounds believed to be armed with mustard gas have been discovered buried in Iraq, Danish troops said yesterday
Remember it now ?

From your own original quoted source at the start of this thread :
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Since the war ended, the U.S.-led coalition has found several caches that tested positive for mustard gas but later turned out to contain missile fuel or other chemicals.

In January, troops discovered 36 mortar rounds believed to hold a blister agent, but later tests showed there was no such chemical inside.


Get your facts straight , you also need to pay attention.

Minuet:
Pull your head in if you nothing worthwhile to add.
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ImpulseEngine
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The January find was shown by tests not to be mustard gas, but the mustard gas in recent news was found a couple of weeks ago - it's not the same incident. Look at the other 2 articles that AB posted.
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I did, and believe these are not credible reports - you'll note that the BBC and the ABC (the Australian clone of the BBC and equally very high standard , highly trustworthy and world class in their professionalism and extent of fact checking), have not even mentioned any recent finds of Mustard Gas munitions in Iraq.

I've checked the ABC archives back as far Friday - zip ! That's good enough for me.
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Well, I'm not assuming anything either way until I've heard more information. Lack of reporting (if true) in the BBC and ABC only indicates that they haven't yet chosen to report it. It doesn't automatically invalidate the story like you want to believe. They may just be waiting on test results or something else before deciding on the importance of the story.

Also, the mustard gas story was leaked. It wasn't originally intended to be made public. I haven't heard the reason for this yet, but undoubtedly that's why details are lacking. If the whole thing was simply a made up story, I would think it would have been announced, not leaked...

Something was found and legitimately believed to be mustard gas. Beyond that, I haven't heard any test results for proof.
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May 19 2004, 11:28 AM
Minuet:
Pull your head in if you nothing worthwhile to add.

I could say the same to you.

The fact is that you originally stated that there was no coverage about the Sarin. When this was proven to be an incorrect statement on your part you switched to say there was no coverage of mustard gas.

No one else here was talking about mustard gas until you brought it into the discussion. Once again you made an allegation (about the sarin) that was proven wrong. Trying to cover up by changing the subject to insinuate that others were the ones mistaken only makes you look like a fool.
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Admiralbill_gomec
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May 19 2004, 09:52 AM
I did, and believe these are not credible reports - you'll note that the BBC and the ABC (the Australian clone of the BBC and equally very high standard , highly trustworthy and world class in their professionalism and extent of fact checking), have not even mentioned any recent finds of Mustard Gas munitions in Iraq.

I've checked the ABC archives back as far Friday - zip ! That's good enough for me.

No you didn't, and yes they are.

As you said, Sparky... "Pull your head in if you nothing worthwhile to add."

I'd bet money you didn't check a thing, which is why you simply posted the front page from each site.

Give up while you are behind. Your knee-jerk reactionary negativism is embarrassing to you.
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Minuet :
At the time - there wasn't (of Sarin find), there was afterwards. (Breaking story ? I think was the term.)

There is still no credible reporting of this alleged find of Mustard Gas.

Bill :
Yes I did - check and look elsewhere.
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Admiralbill_gomec
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May 20 2004, 02:02 AM

There is still no credible reporting of this alleged find of Mustard Gas.

Bill :
Yes I did - check and look elsewhere.

No.

The problem with you, Sparky, is that you are in DENIAL.
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