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2005-05-10 Arabia

Soddy lunacy revealed by a conspiracy theorist?

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Posted by Sobiesky 2005-05-10 18:54|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This would be laughable if the Saudis weren't crazy and ignorant enough to believe they could contaminate enough of the oilfields to 'cripple' them. Dirty bombs are way over-rated and the most they could do is contaminate a small area and make anyone entering it to take precautions. Oilfields are relatively big places - hundreds of square kilometers. All of the worlds radioactive waste would be needed to contaminate a significant proportion. Infrastructure is of course more vulnerable but I can't see how radioactivity would do more harm than explosives and fire.

Posted by phil_b 2005-05-10 19:45|| 2005-05-10 19:45|| Front Page Top

#2 You' think they may be that crazy? If they did come up with the scheme, it would be designed as blackmail, rather than something deployed, I reckon. Otherwise, it would be extremely stupid. One may consider possible infiltration of responsible details by jihadists--it is estimated that about 6% of military and police forces is rather sympathetic to izzies or outright under their command--and manipulating the setup for their own goals.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-05-10 19:54|| 2005-05-10 19:54|| Front Page Top

#3 I call bullshit

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-10 20:02|| 2005-05-10 20:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Huffington's whoring for links and hits on her new blog. Posner is just the pimp to deliver them.

Posted by too true 2005-05-10 20:05|| 2005-05-10 20:05|| Front Page Top

#5 He controls a thing who can destroy that thing

Posted by Maudib 2005-05-10 20:48|| 2005-05-10 20:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Bullshit. Saudi's don't get their hands dirty enough to be able to pull this off without lots and lots of workers/contractors noticing. It would be a huge undertaking to be effective. It would be difficult to prevent accidents/subversion and an intolerable risk. And western powers would take the royals out of power for sure if they did it. Pure bullshit.

Posted by Tom 2005-05-10 20:48|| 2005-05-10 20:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Maybe it's just me, but the idea of Saudi Arabia as a contaminated nuclear wasteland has a certain appeal.

Posted by SteveS 2005-05-10 21:06|| 2005-05-10 21:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Halliburton's robotic oil worker development programâ¢ is working on just such a scenario

bwahahahahahahaha

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-10 21:14|| 2005-05-10 21:14|| Front Page Top

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