i'm afraid they are latching on to conspiracy theory about the forward operating base falcon destruction earlier this month. a fire destroyed the ammunition dump at falcon during which, there was a huge explosion (that many daily-kossaks are convinced was a tactical nuke) producing a mushroom cloud.
my suspicion? that the nyt is going to run speculation-as-fact (again) and try and nail bush for having a nuke in iraq.
I don't think that is "nuke research"
Maybe this is why rove et al have been so weirdly optimistic.
What a bunch of morons. Clearly they know nothing about nuclear weapons or explosives in general. A nuclear weapon will not produce nuclear yield because it is burned or blown up by an outside explosion. All that will do is set off the HE in the nuke incorrectly and throw plutonium all over the place.
Secondly, when enough conventional explosives go off, it will produce a mushroom cloud.
What? First of all, there would be nuclear fallout all over Iraq, the Middle East and stretching into Asia. Second, why in the world would we need a nuke positioned in Iraq?
Nice of you to join FR today to post that bit of information.
What prompted you to wander over here from DailyKos?
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