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To: Ilaine who wrote (44938)	5/17/2004 4:52:19 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793674

I haven't seen anything yet to indicate that the chemicals in Jordan were anything of military significance, no. I'm glad to know you are not part of the military, then, since it appears that the items seized could create several large conventional explosions. I'll leave it up to you to decide whether several large explosions designed to kill lots of people have "military significance." us.cnn.com Officials said there is debate within the CIA and other U.S. agencies over whether the plotters were planning to kill innocent people using toxic chemicals. At issue is the presence of a large quantity of sulfuric acid among the tons of chemicals seized by Jordanian authorities. Sulfuric acid can be used as a blister agent, but it more commonly can increase the size of conventional explosions, according to U.S. officials. Nevertheless, U.S. intelligence officials called the capture of tons of chemicals that together could create several large conventional explosions "a big deal."

To: Ilaine who wrote (44938)	5/17/2004 5:47:09 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 793674

<<They're nothing compared to the ones Ish, as a farmer, can buy, but that's because the EPA keeps tabs on stuff like that here in the US.>> The organophosphates go to central holding places, get cut to 10% and shipped to places like FS Farm supply. They cut it to another 10% and will sell it if you have completed the safety course. Then it gets cut to 10 ounces per gallon and gets sprayed on. Smart farmers pay FS to spray it on with special equipment. As a class, organophosphates may be banned soon.