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Home » Chem-Bio » CHEMICAL DEFENSES COULD AWAIT U.S. TROOPS

CHEMICAL DEFENSES COULD AWAIT U.S. TROOPS

Saddam may try to use his unconventional weapons in uncoventional ways. Armies have traditionally unleashed chemical attacks on an enemy, firing toxic bombs or artillery shells at opposing troops. But Saddam may these poisons as defenses, turning Baghdad neighborhoods so toxic that “few would want to venture, even in protective suits,” reports the New York Times.
Mustard gas and the nerve agent VX “might linger on the battlefield like pools of motor oil on the ground,” the paper speculates. The chemicals would maintain their potency for weeks.
“Iraq used a variation of that tactic in its final offensives in its war with Iran in 1988,” the Times notes. “The Iraqis laid down mustard gas behind the Iranian forces, then bombarded the front lines with the short-lived but highly toxic sarin. The goal was to drive the retreating sarin-exposed troops into the mustard trap.“
THERE’S MORE: “U.S. troops found thousands of boxes of white powder, nerve agent antidote and Arabic documents on how to engage in chemical warfare at an industrial site south of Baghdad,” according to the Associated Press. “But a senior U.S. official familiar with initial testing said the materials were believed to be explosives.”

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  1. Silvia Teresa Osorio says:
    September 23, 2008 at 12:55 am

    I believe Mr. Sam wanted to put Samsung out of business when he stated: “She got our new” after I told him I couldn’t breath from all the biochemical bombing taking place at the Sandal Grove apartments in Lauderhill, Florida. Mr. Sam is Arabian, and they no longer have the same management at the store where he was operating from.
    A class action rose regarding this issue.
    People who don’t take warnings are people who believe that the reality of what’s happening in this war belongs in a higher intelligent mind.
    They prefer to be a couch potatote hypnotized by the television, a war weapon invented by the Russian communists over three decades ago that succeeded to put to sleep all the Amricans with a ton of daily garbage so they can get caught by surprise every time they get hit.
    At this point, the important thing is not who is paying or how much it cost, the important thing is to protect ourselves from it.
    Why be surprised with a cancer diagnose when it can be prevented? Does anyone actually believes nobody was going to retaliate for the death of Arafat? Black giants are the oil business leaders of the world. How can you fight the richest people in the world?
    Especially when the external debt of the United States is the greates one on the planet.
    This are really murderers happening right now in the United States.
    Just heed the warning and don’t expect a more intelligent person to do the foot work for you.
    We are being bombarded while sleeping throught AC units and ceiling fans. Get a tic tac alarm clock and find out what is really going on at three O’clock in the morning and how they are killing us.
    The best way to fight this, is to keep the windows open. Use floor fans, and concentrate on eating only organic fruits and vegetables. This will help anybody’s IQ to develope to a survival point instead of a painful death of cancer.

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