Wouldn't be surprised if the US was trying its bullshit "regime change" in Iraq. á§
On 19 June 2014 14:36, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If they are unusable, why do we give a shit that ISIS has them now? > > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Eric Roberts < > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > > > > Chemical munitions have a pretty short shelf life. Those weapons were > > from the Iran-Iraq war, which is why they were considered unusable. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:chumph...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 12:36 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: I thought Hussein didn't have chemical weapons... > > > > > > Apparently I was wrong > > > > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/10910868/Iraq-crisis-Obama-may-launch-air-strikes-without-Congress-amid-calls-for-Maliki-to-go-live.html > > > > Iraq crisis: Isis jihadists 'seize Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons > > stockpile' - live > > > > 17.09 Chemical weapons produced at the Al Muthanna facility, which Isis > > today seized, are believed to have included mustard gas, Sarin, Tabun, > and > > VX. > > Here is the CIA's file on the complex. > > > > "Stockpiles of chemical munitions are still stored there. The most > > dangerous ones have been declared to the UN and are sealed in bunkers. > > Although declared, the bunkers contents have yet to be confirmed." > > > > These areas of the compound pose a hazard to civilians and potential > > blackmarketers. > > > > Numerous bunkers, including eleven cruciform shaped bunkers were > exploited. > > Some of the bunkers were empty. Some of the bunkers contained large > > quantitiesof unfilled chemical munitions, conventional munitions, one-ton > > shipping containers, old disabled production equipment (presumed disabled > > under UNSCOM supervision), and other hazardous industrial chemicals. > > > > 17.05 The Chemical Weapons Convention, which Iraq joined in 2009, > requires > > it to dispose of the material at Al Muthanna, even though it was declared > > unusable and "does not pose a significant security risk" > > > > However, the UK goverment has acknowledgeded that the nature of the > > material contained in the two bunkers would make the destruction process > > difficult and technically challenging. > > > > Under an agreement signed in Baghdad in July 2012, experts from the > > MODââ¬â¢s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) were due to > > provide training to Iraqi personnel in order to help them to dispose of > the > > chemical munitions and agents. > > > > Until Later! > > C. Hatton Humphrey > > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do > some > > smelting to find it. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371051 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
