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In news:1183224532.446187.198580@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com,
LarryG@Yahuu.com <larryg_uu@yahoo.com>spewed forth:
> On Jun 30, 6:52 am, Mike Smith <m...@wt.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:58:34 -0700, "Lar...@Yahuu.com"
>>
>> <larryg...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On Jun 29, 11:23 pm, Zeno <Z...@home.kom> wrote:
>>>> (2:20 in) Proponents of radical Islam (islamofasicsts) believe that
>>>> the west is engaged in a *conspiracy* to subjugate Islam.
>>
>>>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6331994107023396223&q=obsess...
>>
>>> [Yawn]  Kind of lame for a conspiracy theory.  This is the same
>>> old fear mongering perpetuated by the real masters of public
>>> opinion manipulation.  Consider their other greatest hits:
>>
>>> - Saddaam has Weapons of Mass Destruction
>>
>> You meant "had" WMDs. Everyone and their dog knew that.
>
> No evidence (outside of administration propaganda) was ever
> presented to show WMD's existed.  Perhaps Santa and the Easter
> Bunny conspired with Saddaam to hide them in Never-Never Land.
>
> Yes, folks.  Mike Smith is really that gullible.


BULLSHIT

http://editors.sipri.se/pubs/Factsheet/unscom.html


The Iraqi non-conventional weapon programmes: summary tables


Biological weapons

1. Holdings declared by Iraq *

      Anthrax  8 400 litres

      Botulinum toxin  19 000 litres

      Clostridium (gas gangrene)  3 400 litres

      Aflatoxin  2 200 litres

      Ricin  10 litres



2. BW munitions

      Scud missile warheads (al-Hussein)  25

        anthrax  5

        botulinum toxin  16

        aflatoxin  4

      Aerial bombs  157

        anthrax  50

        botulinum toxin  100

        aflatoxin  7

      Aerial dispensers  4



3. Other munitions tested for BW

155-mm artillery shells
Artillery rockets
MiG-21 drone
Aerosol generators


Chemical weapons

1. Holdings declared by Iraq

       Mustard gas  500-600 tonnes

       G agents (sarin, tabun)  100-150 tonnes

       VX **  50-100 tonnes



* In addition 39 tonnes of growth medium required for BW production were 
imported in 1988, of which 17 tonnes remain unaccounted for. The litre unit, 
however, gives no indication of the concentration of the agent in the 
slurry.
** UNSCOM estimates that 50-100 tonnes were produced before 1990. Iraq 
declared 3.9 tonnes produced between 1988 and 1990 and unilaterally 
destroyed.

2. CW munitions

Aerial bombs (of which 3 contained VX)
Aerial spray dispensers
1 122-mm rocket containing VX
120-mm rockets


Ballistic missiles

      Scud B (300-km range) 819 operational
      al-Hussein (650-km range) in development
      al-Abbas (950-km range) in development
      SS-21 short-range ballistic missile launcher turned over to UNSCOM in 
1995
      al-Samoud missile (150-km range) permitted under UN Security Council 
Resolution 687


In the past six years (as of February 1998), UNSCOM has destroyed or 
supervised the destruction of:


38 537 filled and empty CW munitions
480 000 litres (690 tonnes) of CW agents
>3000 tonnes of precursor chemicals
8 types of delivery systems
The al-Hakam BW production facility
48 Scud missiles
6 operational mobile launchers
28 operational fixed launch pads
32 fixed launch pads under construction
30 chemical warheads
14 conventional warheads
Other related equipment


The following items remain unaccounted for:


Scud missile components, warheads and propellant
17 tonnes of growth media for the production of BW agents
Items of CW production equipment
4000 tonnes of CW precursors
750 tonnes of VX precursors
100 al-Hussein missiles
31 000 CW munitions
20 R-17 Scud-B -type missiles
40-70 CBW-capable missile warheads
Significant quantities of biological warfare agents
Significant quantities of 155-mm ammunition rounds