Roadside bomb containing sarin nerve agent explodes in Iraq

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Roadside bomb containing sarin nerve agent explodes in Iraq

#1 Postby chadtm80 » Mon May 17, 2004 3:02 pm

Roadside bomb containing sarin nerve agent explodes in Iraq
Monday, May 17, 2004
©2004 Associated Press

URL: sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/05/17/international1027EDT0555.DTL


(05-17) 07:32 PDT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) --

A roadside bomb containing sarin nerve agent exploded near a U.S. military convoy, but there were no casualties, the U.S. military said Monday.

"The Iraqi Survey Group confirmed today that a 155-millimeter artillery round containing sarin nerve agent had been found," said Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, the chief military spokesman in Iraq. "The round had been rigged as an IED (improvised explosive device) which was discovered by a U.S. force convoy.

"A detonation occurred before the IED could be rendered inoperable. This produced a very small dispersal of agent," he said.

In 1995, Japan's Aum Shinrikyo cult unleashed sarin gas in Tokyo's subways, killing 12 people and sickening thousands. In February of this year, Japanese courts convicted the cult's former leader, Shoko Asahara, and sentence him to be executed.

Developed in the mid-1930s by Nazi scientists, a single drop of sarin can cause quick, agonizing choking death. Small exposures can be treated with antidotes, if administered quickly.

©2004 Associated Press
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#2 Postby bfez1 » Mon May 17, 2004 3:14 pm

Can you say, LUCKY???
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#3 Postby Lindaloo » Mon May 17, 2004 4:16 pm

CNN is already trying to put a spin on this too claiming that the terrorists did not know there was nerve agents in that bomb. Other stations are saying it is "unclear"
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#4 Postby chadtm80 » Mon May 17, 2004 4:21 pm

Does that surprise you Linda?? Three things you will here from CNN and the other libs :wink:

1. These WMD's were brought into Iraq after the invasion.
2. These WMD's posed no immediate danger to the US.
3. These are not WMD's.
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#5 Postby therock1811 » Mon May 17, 2004 4:24 pm

WOW...I just now got online and saw this...holy cow...
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#6 Postby GalvestonDuck » Mon May 17, 2004 4:40 pm

chadtm80 wrote: 1. These WMD's were brought into Iraq after the invasion.
2. These WMD's posed no immediate danger to the US.
3. These are not WMD's.


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#7 Postby therock1811 » Mon May 17, 2004 4:42 pm

LMBO Duck!
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#8 Postby Brent » Mon May 17, 2004 5:20 pm

GalvestonDuck wrote:
chadtm80 wrote: 1. These WMD's were brought into Iraq after the invasion.
2. These WMD's posed no immediate danger to the US.
3. These are not WMD's.


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That was good.

"There are no Americans at Baghdad Airport, they are lying"

On the other side of the split screen we see embeds showing tanks on the runway. :P
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#9 Postby Lindaloo » Mon May 17, 2004 6:25 pm

chadtm80 wrote:Does that surprise you Linda?? Three things you will here from CNN and the other libs :wink:

1. These WMD's were brought into Iraq after the invasion.
2. These WMD's posed no immediate danger to the US.
3. These are not WMD's.



LMAO!!! So true!! I tuned in to CNN to see what they were saying about this. And that is what I got. LOL!! CNN=Communist News Network :D
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#10 Postby Lindaloo » Mon May 17, 2004 6:26 pm

Lindaloo wrote:CNN is already trying to put a spin on this too claiming that the terrorists did not know there was nerve agents in that bomb. Other stations are saying it is "unclear"



Forgot to mention this is being said with a sarcastic tone. heehee :lol:
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#11 Postby Stephanie » Mon May 17, 2004 7:01 pm

REALLY????
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#12 Postby Brent » Mon May 17, 2004 7:07 pm

The military actually said that before CNN did.
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#13 Postby Josephine96 » Mon May 17, 2004 7:15 pm

I loved the Iraqi Info Man.. he was hilarious lol..

Glad to hear that nobody was hurt apparently
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#14 Postby chadtm80 » Mon May 17, 2004 7:48 pm

Clinton News Network ;-)
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