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To: paul_philp who wrote (67025)	1/19/2003 3:47:54 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I didn't see any speculation in the article, just a lack of attribution.

To: paul_philp who wrote (67025)	1/19/2003 3:54:28 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

Federation of American Scientist website sheds more light on why Iraq doesn't store Sarin in shells - >>The sarin produced was also of poor quality (maximum purity of 60 per cent when solvent is taken into account) and so too could only be stored for short periods. In order to overcome this problem, Iraq resorted to a binary approach to weaponization: the precursor chemicals for sarin (DF 2/ and the alcohols cyclohexanol and isopropanol) were stored separately for mixing in the munitions immediately prior to use to produce a mixture of two G-series nerve agents, GB and GF. Given that the locally manufactured DF had a purity of more than 95 per cent and the alcohols were imported and of 100 per cent purity, this process could be expected to yield relatively pure sarin. << fas.org