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To: i-node who wrote (735454)8/28/2013 3:22:49 PM
From: FJB  Respond to of 1579737
 
If they fall into Palestinian hands, that would be devastating for the region. Because they would use them on Israel without a moment's thought...



To: i-node who wrote (735454)8/28/2013 3:25:10 PM
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let norway and denmark invade them to stop the wmds



To: i-node who wrote (735454)8/28/2013 3:39:54 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1579737
 
There you go again. Back into tin foil hat territory again.

Syria was perfectly capable of acquiring chemical weapons on its own. Besides, the idea that Saddam transferred his weapons to Syria is absurd. If he had any, he would have used them against the invasion forces.



To: i-node who wrote (735454)8/29/2013 2:03:36 AM
From: bentway  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1579737
 
The Sarin nerve agent was created before WWII as an insecticide. Most chemical warfare agents are derived from insecticides, in a plant that could make insecticides. It's an old recipe that any country could fairly easily duplicate.

en.wikipedia.org

"Sarin was discovered in 1938 in Wuppertal-Elberfeld in Germany by scientists at IG Farben attempting to create stronger pesticides; it is the most toxic of the four G-Series nerve agents made by Germany. The compound, which followed the discovery of the nerve agent tabun, was named in honor of its discoverers: Schrader, Ambros, Rüdiger and Van der Linde. [20]"

A US Sarin warhead:

U.S. Honest John missile warhead cutaway, showing M134 Sarin bomblets (c. 1960)