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| Al-Qaeda making chemical weapons in Pankisi |
| 2005-03-01 |
| Terrorists from al-Qaeda have been making chemical and biological weapons in Georgia's Pankisi Gorge, French Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin said on Tuesday. Speaking at a world conference on bio-terrorism in Lyons that was organized by Interpol, he said that "several al-Qaeda cells have been trained in Afghanistan where they have learned to use biological agents including anthrax, ricin and botulism toxins. Later, after the fall of the Taliban regime, those groups continued their experiments in the Pankisi Gorge, on the territory of Georgia, bordering Chechnya," Interfax news agency reported. The minister added that al-Qaeda terrorists "were able to use the religious aspect of the war" in Chechnya. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #6 France is trying to use any means it can to create a group of nations to "counter weight" the US and it's interests. Yes it will sell out anyone to do this. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-03-01 11:38:18 PM |
| #5 Oh, and Dan: thanks. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-03-01 11:37:13 PM |
| #4 I know this is about to age off the page... I'll be checking the O Club on and off though. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-03-01 11:34:47 PM |
| #3 The big question that bugs me: does this mean that France is jumping onto the big Russian "something must be done about Georgia" bandwagon? |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-03-01 11:33:58 PM |
| #2 Bulltaco. |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2005-03-01 10:45:06 PM |
| #1 Bah, where's the proof? This is just another example of Bushitler trying to scare people so that he can invade.....what's that....this isn't Bush, it's the French? Well, it must be true then. |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-03-01 4:31:00 PM |