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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (2819)	8/23/1998 9:49:00 PM
From: Rick Slemmer	Respond to of 13994

''I have intimate knowledge of that factory and it just does not lend itself to the manufacture of chemical weapons,'' Tom Carnaffin, who worked as technical manager for the plant's owners between 1992 and 1996, told the Observer. This reminds me of the British petroleum engineer who publicly opined that modules for the Iraqi "supergun" were part of a pipeline for oil when they were intercepted by British customs officials en route to Baghdad. He never could explain why such a pipeline's inside diameter had to be machined to tolerances of three decimal places. RS

To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (2819)	8/23/1998 10:21:00 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

I posted the other article which disputes this former technician. Also, if one parses the next statement: >Carnaffin said the factory's owners, the Baaboud family, were in the >process of selling it to a Saudi Arabian. This was in the past tense. So, it is probably correct as has been stated in the media that bin Laden owns the factory.

To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (2819)	8/24/1998 10:13:00 AM
From: j_b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

<<''I have intimate knowledge of that factory and it just does not lend itself to the manufacture of chemical weapons,>> Manufacturing the chemical components of nerve gas is not the same as manufacturing weapons> I don't believe anyone has said that the site housed completely, or even partially completed bombs or warheads, only chemicals, that when combined, could make nerve gas. The builders or plant managers could be telling the truth, and the US might still be justified in making the strike. I am withholding judgement on the correctness of the targets, pending further information. My first reaction was - stand by your President, but that's only for the concept of striking at terrorists, not the specific strikes we made.