Re: Iraq's Chemical Weapons

2003-04-05 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 19:54 04-04-2003 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: still wondering just *how* they identify mysterious white powders that might be very lethal I can imagine that they'll have some field test kit to check what kind of substance they're dealing with. Chemical composition can be determined with a ga

RE: Iraq's Chemical Weapons

2003-04-05 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 12:37 04-04-2003 -0800, Jeffrey Miller wrote: American officials have admitted that the thousands of boxes of white powder they seized north of Baghdad are explosives. Aw. Poor America. Again their "evidence" for Hussein's WMD's turns out to NOT be evidence for WMD's. Bloody Iraqis!

Re: Iraq's Chemical Weapons

2003-04-04 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:54 PM 4/4/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: "Miller, Jeffrey" wrote: > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_767484.html?menu=news.wariniraq > > US military admits 'suspicious' powder is explosive > > American officials have admitted that the thousands of boxes of white > powder they seized nor

Re: Iraq's Chemical Weapons

2003-04-04 Thread Julia Thompson
"Miller, Jeffrey" wrote: > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_767484.html?menu=news.wariniraq > > US military admits 'suspicious' powder is explosive > > American officials have admitted that the thousands of boxes of white > powder they seized north of Baghdad are explosives. So they *have*

RE: Iraq's Chemical Weapons

2003-04-04 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
I'm trying to avoid war discussions right now, as its more than a little stressful, but: > In other news, we may have confirmation of a "smoking > gun" in a few hours or days: > http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030404_495.html > Officer: Troops Find Vials of Powder > Troops Find Vials of Wh

Re: Iraq's Chemical Weapons

2003-04-04 Thread Julia Thompson
"J.D. Giorgis" wrote: > The Associated Press > NEAR BAGHDAD, Iraq April 4 — > U.S. troops found thousands of boxes of white powder, > nerve agent antidote and Arabic documents on how to > engage in chemical warfare at an industrial site south > of Baghdad, a U.S. officer said Friday. > > Col. Joh