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To: sea_urchin who wrote (16082)	10/27/2002 7:49:00 PM
From: Alan Whirlwind	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82035

You make some good points Searle. Stormtroopers without masks? Doctors not told key info? Many more hostages killed by gas than as first thought? The only thing I could wrest out of the various articles I looked at was one line in which a gov spokesjackboot said that the fact that the hostages were excited/under stress for so many hours before the storming the gas had a more harsh effect on them. <<The gas affected hearts and lungs, said Andrei Seltsovsky, the chief city physician. He said he had no information when asked about reports that the compound could cause vomiting that would choke unconscious victims. ``In standard situations, the compound ... does not act as aggressively as it turned out to do,'' Seltsovsky said. ``But it was used on people who were in a specific (extreme) situation for more than 50 hours. ... All of this naturally made the situation more difficult.''>>

To: sea_urchin who wrote (16082)	10/27/2002 11:51:31 PM
From: Gary H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82035

<Furthermore, I found it horrifying that the Russians were more concerned to keep the agent a secret than to mention to the doctors what a possible antidote could be. As you know, all 120+ hostages, except one, died from this substance being sprayed into the ventilation system of the theatre.> Does this not taint of experimentation seeking results? How many times have we heard of certain agents being used in somewhat demanding situations which left their own forces with bad side effects. This gives them the opportunity to study the effects first hand over a length of time. They can get a few people for experimentation but a large group would give more conclusive results. Correct me if I'm wrong, but was not the Gulf war one of those cases? So many came back with side effects and the snipper was one of them from what I have read. So now the Russians will have a complete study on a large number of people as to the effect, long and short term, of how this gas works.