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02-22-2007, 04:24 PM
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| WMD in Iraq? Weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a term used to describe a weapon with the capacity to indiscriminately kill large numbers of people. The phrase broadly encompasses several areas of weapon synthesis, including nuclear, biological, chemical (NBC) and, increasingly, radiological weapons. My question is..would this be considered a WMD? I'm not trying to say "Look we found WMD" because this probably didn't come from the Saddam regime...it's just that I am wondering IF it is WMD why doesn't the media call it that???? BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A U.S. military commander Thursday said a raid outside Falluja two days ago discovered a home-grown factory for car bombs that included a metal shop, explosives and cylinders of toxic chlorine gas and other chemicals. Two deadly vehicle bombings this week and one last month used chlorine mixed with explosive devices, a new insurgent tactic. The chemical attacks left at least 12 dead and more than 200 hospitalized in the past week. Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of the Multinational Corps-Iraq, said U.S. troops discovered the canisters late Tuesday at a car bomb factory near Karma, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) northeast of Falluja. Both towns are in the Sunni-dominated Anbar province west of Baghdad. "The unit discovered numerous artillery rounds, mortar rounds, bombs, rockets, gutted anti-aircraft shells, a pickup truck and three other vehicles that were already in various stages of preparations as car bombs as well as much detonation material," Odierno told Pentagon reporters via teleconference from Iraq. "We also found ingredients to be used to devise or enhance explosives, such as fertilizer and chlorine cylinders. We also found the various components of a metal shop, including welders, burner stoves, circular saws, sanders and other items needed to build explosive devices." Chlorine was employed by the military on both sides during World War I as a battlefield weapon. Exposure to chlorine gas can cause difficulty in breathing, coughing, burning in the nose, throat and eyes, nausea and vomiting. U.S.: Iraq bomb factory raid nets deadly chlorine supply - CNN.com
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02-22-2007, 05:37 PM
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| I'd say it is. I'd also say it wasn't there before we got there and neither was AlQueda. Now both are and they are having a great time perfecting these things and training to use them... Wonder where they'll put that knowledge to use next?
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02-22-2007, 05:56 PM
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02-22-2007, 06:19 PM
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| If chlorine gas, aka Mustard Gas, is classified as a WMD, then every municipal water source in the world has WMD!!  |
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02-22-2007, 06:22 PM
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| If you use a hammer to put a nail in a board it's a tool. If you hit someone in the head with it, it's a weapon.
__________________ "The Republican Party has shown beyond all doubt that it holds the U.S. Constitution in total contempt. Today, the Republican Party stands for unaccountable executive power. To re-elect such a party is to murder liberty in America." - Paul Roberts, formerAssistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration earning fame as the "Father of Reaganomics" |
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02-22-2007, 07:02 PM
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| If you shoot someone, it is called a weapon. If you shoot someone, it is called a firearm. If you shoot someone, it is called a gun. What's the difference?? |
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02-23-2007, 05:52 AM
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| My point is...If the media will not use the WMD moniker because it may rally support for the war effort because Weapons of Mass Destruction sounds a bit worse than chlorine gas.
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02-23-2007, 06:35 AM
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| Don't know Don't know what to call it. But this not a good thing for the troops on the ground. I would like to say one thing about the news that we get back here at home. Talk to a soldier and see what they say about the news. I know they don't report all that is going on over there. Why is that??? There is good things taken place over there all the time. But you have some people who just don't want that to happen. Most of these people aren't from Iraq. I just wished the news would show the good with the bad. That way people will know what it is like over there. |
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02-23-2007, 06:54 AM
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I love how the media keeps the sheep skeered... |
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02-23-2007, 07:10 AM
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