For those interested in CBW, here's a speculation as to the gas (actually combination of gases) probably used by the Russian Alpha unit* to disarm the Chechen hostage takers in the Moscow theatre:
<<http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/GIS.Servlets.HTMLTemplate?current_row=1&tf=tgam/search/tgam/SearchFullStory.html&cf=tgam/search/tgam/SearchFullStory.cfg&configFileLoc=tgam/config&encoded_keywords=was+gas%27s+use&option=&start_row=1&start_row_offset1=&num_rows=1&search_results_start=1&query=was+gas%27s+use>> Complications included: 1) uncertainty as to how much gas would be needed to be delivered quickly enough through the building's ventilation system; 2) the already stressed situation of the captives; and of course 3) the refusal of the Army to give the hospitals the information they needed to deliver an antidote. This appears to have been used as an experiment by the Alpha unit. *my son served a mission in Russia and had a "summer missionary" from Moscow who knew a member of the Alpha unit who was in training in Moscow. He said they select orphans and bring them up, educate them and they basically dedicate their whole lives to being one of these special ops, similar to Canada's JTF2, the British SAS or the US Special Forces. There are several other such units, too -- one is called Vy-- something; I couldn't understand the word well enough to transcribe it. -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland Guns don’t kill people; people with guns kill people Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ${list_promo}