please supply evidence that the US supplied gas to Iraq. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter & Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hakan Falk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Eliminating Truth
> > Hi Darryl, > > What I wanted to say was that all soldiers get training since > WWI and also in using the injection kit, but with salt water. > > All military have equipment for their soldiers also. Finding > storage of gear, does not say anything. In Iraq's case their > soldiers could even have the equipment, if they do not trust > US (LOL), because they know that US have the gas. US > was the supplier of the gas they used against Iran and > "against his own people". > > Hakan > > > At 05:48 PM 3/30/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >Hakan Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I am looking at the coverage from the Iraq war and they have found > > > some gas masks and gas protection equipment for the Iraqi troops. > > > The say that it proves that Iraq have chemical weapon capacity. I do > > > not want to take a stand on the question if Iraq still have chemical > > > weapons capacity, but the argument seems to me as pathetic and > > > a result of the desperation of the fact that they did not found any yet. > > > > >I think I saw a bit of that coverage, or something similar, and it left me > >very > >confused. There was nothing to say the gas protection gear was recovered > >from > >captured troops. For some reason, I had the impression the gear was > >abandoned as > >Iraqi troops retreated. I am not a military tactician, but it seems to me > >that if > >I was an Iraqi soldier, and I thought my side was planning on using > >chemical or > >biological weapons, I would not leave my gas protection gear behind when > >retreating. > > > >On the other hand, as an Iraqi soldier, I might well know the provenance > >of gas > >weaponry used on Kurds in the past. However, if I had expected the > >invading force > >to use chemical weapons, and they had not yet done so, such gear might > >seem to have > >less value. > > > >So, as for the discovery of gas protection gear in Iraq as evidence that > >the Iraqis > >have chemical or biological weapons at their disposal, well, it seems just as > >likely the Iraqis are worried about the U.S. using chemical weapons in > >Iraq. In > >fact, I think Rumsfeld referred to potential use of non-lethal gas agents > >by the > >U.S. as a possibility, evoking memories of Putin's recent use of > >"non-lethal" gas > >at the Moscow theatre hostage taking. Non-lethal meaning it doesn't kill > >everybody, judging by the results there (one of 117 survived). > > > >Re: Rumsfeld's musings on use of gas in Iraq. > > > >UPI > >http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030205-051852-7247r > > > >Counterpunch > >http://www.counterpunch.org/hammond02072003.html > > > >Christian Science Monitor > >http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0214/p02s01-usmi.html > > > >NewsMax.Com > >http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/2/5/192247.shtml > > > >Summary (mine) > > > >Iraq denies that they have chemical weapons. > > > >Years of U.N. inspections have found no Iraqi chemical, biological or nuclear > >weapons, even with assistance of U.S. intelligence information in last > >couple of > >months. > > > >U.S. admits to having nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, have supplied > >chemical weapons to Iraq in the past, and U.S. Secretary of Defense has > >publicly > >mused on use of "non-lethal" chemical weapons in Iraq in the past two months. > > > >U.S. discovery of gas protection gear in abandoned Iraqi positions, but no > >actual > >evidence of chemical weapons, leads U.S. administration to conclude that > >this is > >proof that Iraq has chemical weapons. > > > >I still don't see how the logic leads to this conclusion. > > > >Darryl McMahon > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> DVD Rentals with No Late Fees - Try Netflix for FREE! http://us.click.yahoo.com/ZKLNcC/pEZFAA/i5gGAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
