-Caveat Lector- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:28:58 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BIOWAR] Dutch govt confirms: nerve gas samples to Israel Source: Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/wires2/ Dutch government confirms lab provided nerve gas samples to Israel 10.42 a.m. ET (1443 GMT) April 27, 1999 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) � A Dutch laboratory provided samples of a nerve gas similar to that used in the deadly 1995 Tokyo subway attack to an Israeli research institute, the government confirmed Tuesday. The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research sent 20 milligrams of soman gas, similar to sarin, to the Israel Institute for Biological Research in Ness Ziona near Tel Aviv in 1996, economic affairs ministry spokesman Hans Jacobs said. The lab, which is licensed to produce and store nerve gases to help it develop protective measures against chemical weapons, had Dutch government clearance to export the sample to Israel. According to shipping documents, the gas was intended for use in Israeli medical research. In a letter to the Dutch parliament, Foreign Trade Minister Gerrit Ybema said the quantity of gas was so small that it would pose no health threat if released into the air. Ybema was reacting to questions raised in March by an opposition lawmaker after a Dutch television program exposed the shipment. Last year, Israel confirmed that raw materials used in the manufacture of sarin were aboard an El Al cargo plane that crashed into an Amsterdam apartment block in 1992, killing 43 people. The chemicals, being transported to the Ness Ziona research center from a producer in the United States, were to be used to test filters, Israel said. � 1999, News America Digital Publishing, Inc. d/b/a Fox News Online. *********************************************************************** BIOWAR-L Biowar/Bioterrorism/Toxins Mailing List To unsubscribe or subscribe: send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text: unsubscribe BIOWAR-L or subscribe BIOWAR-L. Post to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Archive: <http://www.sonic.net/~west/digest.htm>. BIOWAR Web site: <http://www.sonic.net/~west/biowar.htm>. -Wes Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
