Proof of WMDs?

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Registered: 05-06-2003
Proof of WMDs?
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Mon, 05-17-2004 - 2:43pm
>>Sarin Nerve Agent Bomb Explodes in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A roadside bomb containing deadly sarin nerve agent exploded near a U.S. military convoy, the U.S. military said Monday. It was believed to be the first confirmed discovery of any of the banned weapons that the United States cited in making its case for the Iraq war.

Two members of a military bomb squad were treated for "minor exposure," but no serious injuries were reported.

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040517/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_sarin

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iVillage Member
Registered: 09-05-2003
In reply to: jadethief
Mon, 05-17-2004 - 6:27pm

President Bush received overwhelming support from both sides of the aisle when he said we must act *before* the threat becomes imminent.


He received that support because of the political climate and the faulty and hand-selected intelligence provided by the Bush administration.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-05-2004
In reply to: jadethief
Mon, 05-17-2004 - 6:28pm
900 dead soldiers? What are you talking about?
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-05-2003
In reply to: jadethief
Mon, 05-17-2004 - 6:34pm

I never doubted that he lied or that he was an evil man.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-05-2004
In reply to: jadethief
Mon, 05-17-2004 - 6:52pm
I read that. I'll post the article I read.
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Registered: 04-05-2004
In reply to: jadethief
Mon, 05-17-2004 - 7:35pm
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-03-2003
In reply to: jadethief
Mon, 05-17-2004 - 8:38pm
The definition of a WMD as I've always read and understood it is basically the NBC designation of a weapon... Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical. Nasty in any event, and capable of mass casualties if employed properly and it goes off as engineered. Sarin is lethal in very small concentrations, and with the amount of payload a 155mm shell can carry it could easily result in a large number of fatalities.

Don't know myself where (if anywhere) those stockpiles are. The weapons were somewhere, we know that much. Many (measurable in tons) of those weapons and components are still unaccounted for, we know that much. But we don't know what happened to them, simply cannot say with any real certainty. And it's dangerous to presume that because we haven't found them that neither we nor anyone else will find them, as obviously someone has gained access to at least a few of them of various types.


~mark~

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: jadethief
Mon, 05-17-2004 - 8:39pm
I'm sorry did I over shoot the total so far??? I haven't seen a body count lately so I guess what ever the number it's okay with you...Oh wait did I include innocent Iraq civilians?? I think that puts us well over 900...As far as I'm concerned 1 was to many...
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-03-2003
In reply to: jadethief
Mon, 05-17-2004 - 8:46pm
Another article on sarin and it's properties...

http://cfrterrorism.org/weapons/sarin.html


~mark~

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Registered: 03-23-2003
In reply to: jadethief
Mon, 05-17-2004 - 9:32pm

You're right about time telling...but I honestly don't believe that there are many at all...at least not anywhere nearly enough to warrant invading Iraq...

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Registered: 03-23-2003
In reply to: jadethief
Mon, 05-17-2004 - 9:49pm

"had" {past tense} "weapons" {not specifically WMD}.


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