If they are unusable, why do we give a shit that ISIS has them now?
On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > Chemical munitions have a pretty short shelf life. Those weapons were > from the Iran-Iraq war, which is why they were considered unusable. > > -----Original Message----- > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 12:36 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: I thought Hussein didn't have chemical weapons... > > > Apparently I was wrong > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/10910868/Iraq-crisis-Obama-may-launch-air-strikes-without-Congress-amid-calls-for-Maliki-to-go-live.html > > Iraq crisis: Isis jihadists 'seize Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons > stockpile' - live > > 17.09 Chemical weapons produced at the Al Muthanna facility, which Isis > today seized, are believed to have included mustard gas, Sarin, Tabun, and > VX. > Here is the CIA's file on the complex. > > "Stockpiles of chemical munitions are still stored there. The most > dangerous ones have been declared to the UN and are sealed in bunkers. > Although declared, the bunkers contents have yet to be confirmed." > > These areas of the compound pose a hazard to civilians and potential > blackmarketers. > > Numerous bunkers, including eleven cruciform shaped bunkers were exploited. > Some of the bunkers were empty. Some of the bunkers contained large > quantitiesof unfilled chemical munitions, conventional munitions, one-ton > shipping containers, old disabled production equipment (presumed disabled > under UNSCOM supervision), and other hazardous industrial chemicals. > > 17.05 The Chemical Weapons Convention, which Iraq joined in 2009, requires > it to dispose of the material at Al Muthanna, even though it was declared > unusable and "does not pose a significant security risk" > > However, the UK goverment has acknowledgeded that the nature of the > material contained in the two bunkers would make the destruction process > difficult and technically challenging. > > Under an agreement signed in Baghdad in July 2012, experts from the > MODââ¬â¢s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) were due to > provide training to Iraqi personnel in order to help them to dispose of the > chemical munitions and agents. > > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some > smelting to find it. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371049 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
