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To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (79075)	3/2/2003 5:03:01 PM
From: Sig	Respond to of 281500

More of the Iceberg? nzz.ch <<Unscom thinks that as much as close to 200 tons of VX were actually produced. >> According to Iraqi declarations, many toxins and biological agents were produced, including 95,000 liters of anthrax, 25,000 liters of botulinus toxin and 24,000 liters of aflatoxin. These substances were used to fill the warheads of 25 Al-Hussein missiles, 16 with botulin, five with anthrax and four with aflotoxin. In addition, more than 150 model R-400 bombs were also filled with these agents. The R-400 is an Iraqi glider bomb equipped with a parachute to lower it slowly from altitude, while a conventional explosive core triggers the spraying of biological or chemical agents over a broad area. Iraq admits having produced more than 1,500 of these devices, and claims to have destroyed almost all of them itself. But the aggressiveness of Iraq's biological Sig