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2007-07-25 Iraq

Chlorine attacks in Iraq spur warnings in US

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Posted by Fred 2007-07-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 We have rail cars full of many wonderous things all over our country. The risk is small, as the tanks go careening off the rails by themselves every year without any great harm being done..

Sections of Towns are evacuated sometimes until the clean ups take place.

cars stored on spurs around refineries have some extra swell stuff in them.

Posted by RD">RD 2007-07-25 00:45|| 2007-07-25 00:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Chlorine gas is easy and economical to manufacture. My grandfather nearly died of it in the Argonne forest during WWI. For his troubles and permanent pulmonary disability he was given a purple heart. Any Muslims contemplating using such a hideous compound to kill us Infidels should be put on notice that one thousand times as many of their co-religionists will have the opportunity to enjoy its withering atmosphere should they be so unwise to do so. Passports, DNA, plane tickets, hair samples ... I don't give a rip what we use to determine the home base of any terrorist attacks upon us. All I ask is that the country of origin be given a massively disproportionate dose of the same poisonous garbage every-single-damned-stinking-effing-time it happens.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-25 01:20|| 2007-07-25 01:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Zenster, we recommend you call it a night and check back in later in the day.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-07-25 01:25|| 2007-07-25 01:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Thank you, again. It is probably quite obvious that the refrigerant gel packs stuffed with clay have really, really ticked me off. I appreciate the polite notice.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-25 01:45|| 2007-07-25 01:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Chlorine can easily be made with common household chemicals. I did it years ago, accidentally, when trying to clean something.

Posted by Gary and the Samoyeds">Gary and the Samoyeds 2007-07-25 09:08|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-07-25 09:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Chlorine is also a magnificent motivator. I got a big whiff of chlorine gas at a public pool years ago and was motivated to suck on an oxygen tank for a half an hour. Like breathing fire.

And I had a friend injured at a rock concert many years ago, when some a-hole popped a chlorine canister in the audience. He was not injured by the gas, but by a "really small girl who went through him like an NFL defensive tackle."

She was motivated, too.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-07-25 10:20|| 2007-07-25 10:20|| Front Page Top

#7 I gotta tell ya, most water and sewer workers that I know of would spot a "terrorist" (i.e. a Muslim male in between 18 and 35 or so) a mile away, and would "take care of business" if needed before the goon could even get close to the Cl2 tanks. These guys/gals tend to be "salt of the earth" type folks who won't second guess their gut instincts.

Posted by BA 2007-07-25 10:21|| 2007-07-25 10:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Chlorine is ubiquitous. Everyone that has a swimming pool generally uses chlorine to treat the water.

As RD said we have derailed railcars clearing out neighborhoods all the time with hazmat substances.

The warning seems like a "cry wolf" admonition. There are other readily available substances that could cause havoc.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-07-25 11:57|| 2007-07-25 11:57|| Front Page Top

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