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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (5403)	10/15/2001 11:49:28 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (2) of 281500

>> Now we are talking tens of thousands of people affected by a relatively crude device. << Hardly... It's nothing a good shower wouldn't cure... I said affected, not killed. Plus its rather difficult to 'shower' out a lung full of dust. The following discusses documents regarding an Iraqi bomb design from 1987: Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: thebulletin.org A recently released top secret Iraqi document shows that in 1987 Iraq tested a radiological bomb meant to weaken enemy forces via radiation sickness, the New York Times reported (April 29). Radiological bombs, or "dirty nukes," contaminate human targets with radioactive material spread by conventional explosives. But because the radiation levels were not high enough, Iraq abandoned the weapon. [mw: not high enough for battlefield use, but what about terror and economic disruption?] iraqwatch.org Zirconium was chosen, the document said, because a production process for it already existed since the metal was used for incendiary bombs. When finely powdered, the metal ignites spontaneously in air. [mw: sounds ideal for spreading effects farther] cheers

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