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To: jlallen who wrote (412236)	6/6/2003 4:30:27 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Then show some evidence of it.....of course there no reason it wouldn't work, but for safety considerations of people outside the truck and to keep contamination from spreading, an open sided truck would be stupid. An open sided truck, however, might use if the equipment were being used to produce gases that expode if their concentration gets to high.

To: jlallen who wrote (412236)	6/9/2003 4:06:50 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

"There is no reason a fermenter (which is a closed system)would not work in a canvas truck." Here's an extraction from the article below which quotes bioexperts who also question the use of canvas sided trucks.. "Questions over the claimed purpose of trailer for making biological weapons include: · The lack of any trace of pathogens found in the fermentation tanks. According to experts, when weapons inspectors checked tanks in the mid-Nineties that had been scoured to disguise their real use, traces of pathogens were still detectable. · The use of canvas sides on vehicles where technicians would be working with dangerous germ cultures. · A shortage of pumps required to create vacuum conditions required for working with germ cultures and other processes usually associated with making biological weapons. · The lack of an autoclave for steam sterilisation, normally a prerequisite for any kind of biological production. Its lack of availability between production runs would threaten to let in germ contaminants, resulting in failed weapons. · The lack of any easy way for technicians to remove germ fluids from the processing tank. One of those expressing severe doubts about the alleged mobile germ labs is Professor Harry Smith, who chairs the Royal Society's working party on biological weapons. He told The Observer 'I am concerned about the canvas sides. Ideally, you would want airtight facilities for making something like anthrax. Not only that, it is a very resistant organism and even if the Iraqis cleaned the equipment, I would still expect to find some trace of it.'" observer.co.uk