Here is the complete section: 16.32 Isis jihadists have seized a chemical weapons facility built by Saddam Hussein which contains a stockpile of old weapons, State Department officials have told the Wall Street Journal:
Quote U.S. officials don't believe the Sunni militants will be able to create a functional chemical weapon from the material. The weapons stockpiled at the Al Muthanna complex are old, contaminated and hard to move, officials said. Nonetheless, the capture of the chemical-weapon stockpile by the forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, known as ISIS or ISIL, the militant group that is seizing territory in the country, has grabbed the attention of the U.S. "We remain concerned about the seizure of any military site by the ISIL," Jen Psaki, the State Department spokeswoman, said in a written statement. "We do not believe that the complex contains CW materials of military value and it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to safely move the materials." -----Original Message----- From: GMoney [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 1:36 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: I thought Hussein didn't have chemical weapons... 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/Ira > q-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:371054 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
