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To: Edscharp who wrote (14575)	4/19/2003 10:44:17 AM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21614

<<< The American cluster bombs carry ethylene gas, of the kind used in the Second Gulf War, in three barrels, each of which weighs 100 pounds. Each barrel contains 75 pounds of ethylene oxide, whose industrial usage is the production of other chemical compounds such glycol ethylene and other highly poisonous compounds. As for the way in which these bombs work, a fuse ignites the barrel at a height of 30 feet which breaks and opens the barrel, and the fuel is expelled dispersing in the air to create a cloud with a 60-feet radius and 8-feet depth. The airburst spreads to areas that are difficult to attack with more traditional bombs. The cloud is poisonous in itself, and exposure to ethylene oxide leads to lung decay, headaches, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and shortness of breath and even cancer and birth defects. The gas is highly combustible and reactive. After this, the main charge ignites the mix leading to an explosion that spreads at speeds of 3 km a second — faster than the speed of sound, and the mix of fuel and air burns at 2,700 degrees Celsius. >>> arabnews.com