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Author: Paul J. AdamPaul J. Adam Date: Jan 27, 2008 14:52
In message 4ax.com>, Colin Campbell
gmail.com> writes>On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:37:55 -0500, Vince wrote:
>>The distance from the "mustard" to the mushroom cloud is enormous
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>>house cats and tigers are both cats but only an bush-idiot would
>>consider them the same threat
>
>As you are well aware - there are three types of weapons that are
>considered to be WMD: Nuclear, Chemical and Biological.
Not that simple. The fourth WME category is radiological - the fabled
"dirty bomb", which differentiates from nuclear by the lack of any
atomic reactions other than decay.
But even within that, where's the boundary between a chemical weapon and
an industrial feedstock? Bhopal and Seveso weren't chemical weapon
plants, but they still weren't nice neighbourhoods. Suggesting that
finding chlorine proves a chemical-weapons capability makes every nation
trying to purify its drinking water into a world-terrifying threat. And
so it goes.
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Author: La NLa N Date: Jan 27, 2008 16:35
> In message 4ax.com>, Colin Campbell
> gmail.com> writes>>On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:37:55 -0500, Vince wrote:
>>>The distance from the "mustard" to the mushroom cloud is enormous
>>>
>>>house cats and tigers are both cats but only an bush-idiot would
>>>consider them the same threat
>>
>>As you are well aware - there are three types of weapons that are
>>considered to be WMD: Nuclear, Chemical and Biological.
>
> Not that simple. The fourth WME category is radiological - the fabled
> "dirty bomb", which differentiates from nuclear by the lack of any atomic
> reactions other than decay.
>
> But even within that, where's the boundary between a chemical weapon and
> an industrial feedstock? Bhopal and Seveso weren't chemical weapon plants,
> but they still weren't nice neighbourhoods. Suggesting that finding ...
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Author: Fred J. McCallFred J. McCall Date: Jan 27, 2008 18:55
"La N" yahoo.com> wrote:
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:I know I asked this before, and I haven't read an answer.
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:Didn't GWB concede a couple of years ago that it turned out that Iraq did
:*not* have WMD's?
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:If so, why is this even still discussed?
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:enquirying minds and all that,
:- nilita
:
And as I pointed out before, that answer was in the context of "we
didn't find what we meant when we said we thought he had WMD".
Some 500+ rounds of old WMD (chemical) were found. What was not found
(and what pretty much everyone thought he had) was hidden stocks and
ongoing programs (or at least programs 'in the freezer' to restart
once people stopped looking).
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Date: Jan 27, 2008 21:20
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:35:03 GMT, "La N" yahoo.com>
wrote:
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>"Paul J. Adam" jrwlynch.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:NpS5gZFCyInHFwdj@jrwlynch.demon.co.uk...>> In message 4ax.com>, Colin Campbell
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Author: La NLa N Date: Jan 27, 2008 21:38
> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:35:03 GMT, "La N" yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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>>"Paul J. Adam" jrwlynch.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:NpS5gZFCyInHFwdj@jrwlynch.demon.co.uk...>>> In message 4ax.com>, Colin Campbell
>>> gmail.com> writes>>>>On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:37:55 -0500, Vince wrote:
>>>>>The distance from the "mustard" to the mushroom cloud is enormous
>>>>>
>>>>>house cats and tigers are both cats but only an bush-idiot would
>>>>>consider them the same threat
>>>>
>>>>As you are well aware - there are three types of weapons that are
>>>>considered to be WMD: Nuclear, Chemical and Biological.
>>>
>>> Not that simple. The fourth WME category is radiological - the fabled ...
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