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To: Gary H who wrote (16086)	10/28/2002 9:35:38 AM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 82038

Gary >Does this not taint of experimentation seeking results? Or else ignorance, bureaucracy, incompetence, indifference and the notion that after the Chechnyans were killed and the hostages "freed" there was nothing more to concern the Russian military. One can also consider a state of "denial" on the part of the authorities --- the idea that by ignoring the problem it simply doesn't exist. Certainly, from a tactical point of view and considering that there was a risk of 100% that all the hostages would or could be killed, the gas was very effective in the first instance. >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. The US military did a lot of that kind of thing particularly with radioactive materials in the 1950s and 1960s >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. Here's the "official" line but who actually knows the truth. biofact.com >>>45,000, about 6 percent of Gulf War veterans have reported an ailment they believe is linked to their service. The Pentagon found that 85 percent had ailments or diseases with known causes not linked to the Gulf War. <<< >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. And one wonders what they will conclude?