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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Hawkmoon who wrote (1284)12/30/2002 5:57:33 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 15987
 
<<Mustard gas can be readily made from household ingredients and pesticides. Same with Phosgene and many other chemical agents. >>

Back in '80 I cleaned a basement wall using bleach, Comet and other cleansers. The next 48 hours were lost to me. A chemist friend said I had made a low grade Phosgene gas by accident.



To: Hawkmoon who wrote (1284)12/31/2002 4:23:55 AM
From: zonder  Respond to of 15987
 
I've seen no evidence that either the US or Britain (or anyone else) shipped VX to Iraq.

I just read into the links in Baldur's link:

Message 18381845

Besides, do a Google search and you come up with a lot of stuff, some of which are:

sundayherald.com

cursor.org

etc...

I can sell Iraq gasoline and styrofoam which they could turn into Napalm, but that doesn't mean I sold them Napalm..

Of course not. Still, gasoline has mainstream uses. What use is antrax, clostridium botulinum, or VX to anyone other than the killing uses we know and detest?