IRAQI MUSTARD GAS--IRAQI FORCES HAD AN
EXTREMELY POTENT GAS CALLED "KHARDAL" IN ARABIC. (FLDCMT--KHARDAL
TRANSLATES IN ENGLISH AS MUSTARD.) THE GAS WAS ORIGINALLY
MANUFACTURED IN THE SOVIET UNION BUT IS NOW MADE IN SAMARAH, IZ
//3412N04352E//. SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE INCLUDE BLEEDING FROM THE
EYES, EARS, AND NOSE TWO MINUTES AFTER EXPOSURE.
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Thanks for posting this.
It MUST have been mustard gas, that has the symptoms and it acts quickly. This is the only explanation that makes sense.
The poison was not in the food, but someone released some mustard gas at the end of the meal.
One other possibility (might be a really stupid thought), could the plates, glasses, utensils, etc have been exposed to the gas, then used to serve the food?
I don't know what that level of exposure would cause, but something else to think about in terms of food safety as opposed to just food-testers.