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To: Ilaine who wrote (44938)	5/17/2004 4:52:19 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) of 793681

I haven't seen anything yet to indicate that the chemicals in Jordan were anything of military significance, no. I'm glad to know you are not part of the military, then, since it appears that the items seized could create several large conventional explosions. I'll leave it up to you to decide whether several large explosions designed to kill lots of people have "military significance." us.cnn.com Officials said there is debate within the CIA and other U.S. agencies over whether the plotters were planning to kill innocent people using toxic chemicals. At issue is the presence of a large quantity of sulfuric acid among the tons of chemicals seized by Jordanian authorities. Sulfuric acid can be used as a blister agent, but it more commonly can increase the size of conventional explosions, according to U.S. officials. Nevertheless, U.S. intelligence officials called the capture of tons of chemicals that together could create several large conventional explosions "a big deal."

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