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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (4438)	2/21/2003 8:05:02 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

Weapons Zonder.. not medical samples INTENDED for the purpose of medical research and creating vaccines... Could you please tell us how to differentiate between chemical and biological agents intended for research and those intended for mass murders? Hint: There is no difference. The US has NEVER, that I've seen, intentionally sold weaponized biological or chemical materials What on earth is this "weaponized" supposed to mean??? You sell anthrax, that's anthrax. Good enough for research, or just as well, good enough for infecting envelopes to be sent to your doorstep. I mean.. if I sold you some Ammonium Nitrate (fertilizer), acetic anhydride, acetone, methenamine, nitric acid, paraformaldehyde, and sodium bicarbonate, Then I've just sold you all the ingredients necessary to make C-4 plastic explosives. Does that mean I've sold you RDX?? Of course not. But the materials we are talking about are not Amonium Nitrate or salt or nitric acid, right? They are: (a) Bacillus Anthracis, cause of anthrax. (b) Clostridium Botulinum, a source of botulinum toxin. It was sold to Iraq right up until 1992. (c) Histoplasma Capsulatam, cause of a disease attacking lungs, brain, spinal cord and heart. (d) Brucella Melitensis, a bacteria that can damage major organs. (e) Clotsridium Perfringens, a highly toxic bacteria causing systemic illness, gas gangrene. (f) Clostridium tetani, highly toxigenic. (g) Also, Escherichia Coli (E.Coli); genetic materials; human and bacterial DNA. (h) VX nerve gas. (i) Pralidoxine, an antidote to nerve gas which can also be reverse engineered to create actual nerve gas. This was sold to Iraq in March 1992, after the end of the Gulf war. sundayherald.com Now, do these look like fertilizer or salt or whatever to you??? They are DEADLY CHEMICAL and BIOLOGICAL agents. Oh yeah, Iraq was such a brilliant center for biological research that they absolutely had to have highly toxic bacteria for their advanced research into, uh, who knows what. Come on, Hawk :-) It may have been in the US interest to keep Saddam from losing (NOT WINNING), I think I am a little colorblind in that range. Could you tell me what the difference is between "keeping someone from losing" and "helping them win"?