If that's true, how many words is this one worth?
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The accompanying caption reads:
FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 11: Forty veils of suspected
Sarin gas are seen in a brief case at a site were U.S Marines from the
1st U.S Marines Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines
Regiment, Bravo Company found them wile searcing an house November 11,
2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. U.S Marines from the Bravo Company found 40
veils of suspected Sarin gas November 10 in a brief case hidden in a
truck in the courtyard of an house. Two mortars tubes, three mortar
rockets, compass and fire maps were found. (Photo by Marco Di
Lauro/Getty Images)
So, if this is actually Sarin, and we know one drop of Sarin can kill an adult, how lethal is this?
I don't want to know and I have one thing to say to the United States Marine Corps' 1st Expeditionary Force:THANK YOU!
Oh, and on a related side note, if this pans out, it kinda blows the whole "No WMD's Found" anti-war argument right out of the fucking water, doesn't it? And to anyone who says different, well, you can bite me.
UPDATE: The guys at Powerline
are all over it, and some of their very smart readers have chimed in
and believe these to be nerve agent testing kits, rather than Sarin
itself.
Still. It's fuzzy as to why these yahoos would have sarin testing kits
if there wasn't sarin nearby. The US doesn't use WMD, and these
terrorists know our tactics and weaponry. Sure we may use cluster bombs
and depleted uranium shells, but no, we don't use nerve agents. Hmmmm.
The husband has a very good friend in Kuwait who lived through the
invasion/occupation and spent a good portion of the time between the
occupation and liberation in Iraqi custody in Iraq.
According to Ahmed, the Iraqis transported a good amount of WMD into
Kuwait, some of which was hidden and only found after the fact. Ahmed,
knowing the Iraqis as well as he does, truly believes that WMD's will
be found years from now, when some goatherder trips over a trapdoor in
the desert. This is what he's seen in Kuwait in the intervening years:
they're still finding bits and pieces of Saddam's Kuwaiti stash, almost
thirteen years later.
Personally, I think the Marines are warm. Very warm. Let's hope they trip over that trapdoor sooner rather than later.