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Gas capsules with timers found in Russian store-(nerve gas)
Agence France-Presse. ^
| 12/26/2005 09:35
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Posted on 12/26/2005 10:55:53 AM PST by Flavius
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) - Gas capsules with timers attached were found in stores in Saint Petersburg, the Russian city where dozens of people fell ill after inhaling an unknown gas that spread through a store, officials said.
"The devices that were discovered consisted of capsules of gas with a strong garlicky smell. Clocks set to the current time were attached," a spokesman for the Federal Security Service in Saint Petersburg told AFP on Monday.
Only in one of the three stores, all belonging to the Maksidom chain, did a capsule release gas, officials said. Dozens of people felt sick after inhaling the substance, with 16 hospitalised.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.netscape.cnn.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: gas; poisongas; stpetersburg
The oldest commonly used chemical warfare agent is mustard gas, which made its first appearance in the trenches of World War I, causing an estimated 700,000 casualties. It is an oily liquid with a garlicky smell. It evaporates slowly, even in warm weather, causing the area where it is dispersed to be dangerous for several hours.
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/riskofchemical.html
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posted on
12/26/2005 10:55:54 AM PST
by
Flavius
To: Flavius
The French say that Mustard gas is a nerve agent?
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posted on
12/26/2005 11:04:15 AM PST
by
Triggerhippie
(Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. <<<Sarasmom is a F'n lunatic - Beware>>>)
To: Flavius
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posted on
12/26/2005 11:04:23 AM PST
by
Rudder
To: Flavius
Why did you append "nerve gas" to the original article title? So far, I haven't seen it reported as anything beyond smelly.
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posted on
12/26/2005 11:06:29 AM PST
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: Triggerhippie
no mustard gas is just a guess, other newspapers had words of nerve gas...
so no official tetermination on what it was
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posted on
12/26/2005 11:08:23 AM PST
by
Flavius
(Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: Flavius
Garlicky smell could be phosgene (sp?) Nasty stuff will melt your lung tissue.
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posted on
12/26/2005 11:09:40 AM PST
by
calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
To: Hank Rearden
cant post frome here due to fr but earlier in russia they had this ... The mass poisoning in a Chechen village could have been caused by nerve gas, a local physician has said.>/i> http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/09/26/chechnyagas.shtml
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posted on
12/26/2005 11:11:07 AM PST
by
Flavius
(Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: Flavius
Excellent tagline... very true.
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posted on
12/26/2005 11:17:09 AM PST
by
RedBeaconNY
(Vous parlez trop, mais vous ne dites rien.)
To: Flavius
The Russians have reported it to be ethyl mercaptan, the odorant used in natural gas. It stinks like garlic.
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posted on
12/26/2005 11:23:47 AM PST
by
Ole Okie
To: Hank Rearden
I agree the title of this should be amended.
Perhaps to something like this if the author really feels the need to guess at something that hasn't been reported yet.
Gas capsules with timers found in Russian store-(nerve gas??)
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posted on
12/26/2005 11:56:45 AM PST
by
FarmerW
("We have the freedoms we fight for, and we lose those we don't defend." -Rushdie)
To: Flavius
I thought they were selling them...
Mrs VS
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