A Smoking Gun
Sat April 5th, 2003 17:19 MSTEveryone has been looking for the “smoking gun” of weapons of mass destruction.
It appears to have been found - the Euphrates has high concentrations of the mustard gas agent in it (along with cyanide). Cyanide by itself could be explained by industrial use, but not so with mustard gas. The most likely explanation is that a commander dumped it into the Euphrates so as not to be caught with it by the coalition.
This is solid evidence that Iraq had mustard gas.
Other pieces of possible evidence have also been found.
A bottle labeled Tabun was located. Tabun is an early generation nerve agent in the same family as Sarin (”G” series).
An MSNBC reporter, using a standard test kit, found traces of Ricin and botulinum toxin in a former Ansar Islam (Al Queda affiliated extremist group) area.
Gray cannisters that looked very suspicious (by TV) to former UN inspector Daniel Kay were found in a large weapons storehouse. Gray is normally a distinguishing color for chemical agents. The cannisters had what appeared to be a fill port and three dispensing ports, and was labelled in Cyrillic.
Where is the source of this information. I have not seen reports of mustard gas in the Euphrates from any major news agency.
Also, has anyone heard about medium range missles being found containing mustard gas and sarin. I saw one report from REUTERS on the DRUDGE report but nowhere else.
Is this a bogus report?
MSNBC via Reuters:
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