<<<As for FL, he is free to allow people to misrepresent fertilizer as Iraqi WMDs, as some here seem intent on doing. But I would only feel foolish if I was one of those trying to pretend that a non-existent fertilizer bomb in Jordan was an Iraqi WMD. >>
The UN has discussed the commonest known WMD weapons both biological and chemical.
The source could be a sick chicken (bird flu) a dead horse ( anthrax) or a brake fluid plant (ricin)
So it is not organic or chemical structure but the potential for extreme casualties from small quantities that would define a WMD
Fertilizer alone alone would not be one, nor would known explosives, but nuclear would.
Is a match , a magnifying glass, or lantern a WMD?
One can start a forest fire or burn down a town.
Fertilizer bombs or explosives ? No, because that is not the intended use.
But ricin, anthrax, or botulism have no useful employment other than for experiments or WMD's
Pesticides, designed to kill insects, would be in a class by themselves, being easily converted to deadly compounds like sarin. WMD precursors, and Saddam had tons of those stored in his ammo dumps.
There is no question that new potential WMD's will be identified
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