They didn't have them before, they do now

[Gob]

The authorities in Iraq say they have uncovered an al-Qaeda plot to use chemical weapons, as well as to smuggle them to Europe and North America.

Defence ministry spokesman Mohammed al-Askari said five men had been arrested after military intelligence monitored their activities for three months.

Three workshops for manufacturing the chemical agents, including sarin and mustard gas, were uncovered, he added.

Remote-controlled toy planes were also seized at the workshops.

Mr Askari said they were to have been used to release the chemical agents over the target from a "safe" distance of 1.5km (0.9 miles), reports the BBC's Rami Ruhayem in Baghdad.

All of the arrested men had confessed to the plot, and said they had received instruction from another al-Qaeda offshoot, he added.

As the defence ministry spokesman spoke on Iraqi TV, footage was shown of four men with black hoods on their heads, our correspondent adds. Three of them were wearing bright yellow jumpsuits and a fourth was in a brown jumpsuit.

Four men accused of manufacturing chemical weapons are pictured at a news conference in Baghdad (1 June 2013) All of the arrested men have allegedly confessed

Their arrests were possible because of co-operation between Iraqi and foreign intelligence services, Mr Askari said.

Bush/Bliar, what great guys!!!

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[rubato]

I'm not sure why this is news.

The knowledge of how to do these things is publicly available. The materials are a little harder to get since chemical vendors are more careful in who they ship to but they can be diverted, certainly in smaller quantities, if they have an insider someplace.

There is an indefinately large number of ways of harming people. This does not scare me more than any of the others do.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarin_gas_ ... kyo_subway




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[dales]

No more of a worry than ricin which can be made from castor beans.

[rubato]

Or thousands of other things.

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