Freeper exclusive: Weapons cache demolition causes many to be sick from exposure in Baghdad

private e-mails | 11/16/2006 | RaceBannon

[RaceBannon]

I just received a private e-mail from someone I know from a Marine website who has family in Iraq. There has been a weapons cache explosion that caused many, hundreds of people to be exposed to some chemical that was present in the weapons.

[justa-hairyape]

Let's not worry about the politics until we find out how many people are affected by this please.

That is what my post was stating and why it was posted to the person it was responding too.

[xmission]

Did this happen yesterday or today?

WHy no news coverage?

[browngreengold]

Any further updates or developments on this?

Scouring the dino media has resulted in zip, zero, nada which is not surprising.

The blogosphere has also yeilded the same.

Off to check Ray Robinson's site now.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

bump

[null and void]

Doesn't fit the template.

[labette]

"...Why would US troops falsify the report ?

No way would I believe they would, either.
I'll refrain from speculation, we'll know soon enough.

[RaceBannon]

Still waiting, it all depends on the e-mails from Iraq to here now

[VaMarVet]

This is hearsay reporting at best, irresponsible and dangerous at worst. E-mails – one or two times removed should be sat upon to avoid unnecessary speculation and possible undue alarm among families who have service men and women serving in Iraq. A true “FReeper Exclusive” should be an eye-witness account – not some e-mail...

[Enosh]

My thoughts as well. Several factors involved, but I do not buy it as of yet.

[TexKat]

Has any of this hit the media circuit yet?

[bnelson44]

no

[RaceBannon]

It is an eye witness account, told through 2 person, admittedly, but from the source who got it first hand

[justa-hairyape]

You are correct, however email is now accepted in court from what I have heard. If you sent an email containing a terrorist threat, you are just as libel as making the terrorist threat in person, for example. But we definitely need confirmation. Perhaps we should probably look for confirmation in the Iraqi media. Sounds like a lot of Iraqi's were injured.

[TexKat]

True that!

[TexKat]

When was this supposed to have happened Race?

[sageb1]

Have you heard anything about this?

[VaMarVet]

While a different war - we had numerous false-postives for chemical attacks during the Desert Storm ground war - most were caused by a toxic mix of a modern battlefield and the oil-field fires. Not sure what this account is all about - but one should not specualte until more definitive information is available.

[michigander]

Someday you should hope to have the credibilty of RaceBannon here.

If "he" felt the report was credible enough to post here, especially in "Breaking News", that's good enough for me.

[TexKat]

Did your last Freeper Exclusive ever come to fruition?

[Velveeta]

This would have happened 36+ hours ago and there are no official reports?

[VaMarVet]

You are correct, however email is now accepted in court from what I have heard. If you sent an email containing a terrorist threat, you are just as libel as making the terrorist threat in person, for example.

What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?

[Cagey]

E-mails – one or two times removed should be sat upon to avoid unnecessary speculation and possible undue alarm among families who have service men and women serving in Iraq.

Well stated and until collaborated by more sources than one E-mail twice removed it might better be considered "Breaking Rumor."

[RaceBannon]

Which one?

[VaMarVet]

Someday you should hope to have the credibilty of RaceBannon here.

If "he" felt the report was credible enough to post here, especially in "Breaking News", that's good enough for me.

I guess you put me in my place with that one.

[RaceBannon]

I am trying to confirm it now, waiting for a response

[RaceBannon]

I have been wrong before, but I never posted somethig that I doubted without stating it was doubtful.

I trust my source and stick by my story.

If it is false or exaggerated, I will mea culpa openly. :)

[NonValueAdded]

Why couldn't they blow that cache before the election? /tongueincheek

[RaceBannon]

By the way, I was given this information because I was posting JVERITAS translation and other news articles on WMD's for some time on another website.

I was his trusted source to reveal it.

[Velveeta]

Has this source given you credible information in the past?

[TexKat]

If true it surprises me that some of the cable news reporters in Iraq would not be affected by this and broadcast it, especially Fox News and their every 15 minutes breaking news alerts.

[Flint]

If it was a nerve agent or Sarin the symptoms would be all the dead people laying around the site. That would happen within minutes of the explosion.

[justa-hairyape]

Well, potentially, you can be libel for sending false or inflammatory information via email. Especially if you knew it was false at the time and the information was determined to be actionable. Someone called 'Foley' comes to mind.

[VaMarVet]

You know Jim, even if your e-mail account turns out to be true I have to ask - what does it matter? A "I told you so" to the Dems? This has been going on long enough - we are losing this war and have to find a way to win...

[TexKat]

I am trying to confirm it now, waiting for a response

I hope you get a response soon. There are many Freepers that have family members, friends serving in Iraq that may be concerned, worried about this.

[justa-hairyape]

Could the more toxic agents degrade over time and not be as effective as they were when 'fresh'.

[spunkets]

"Well, potentially, you can be libel for sending false or inflammatory information via email. "

LOL! So, who's going to sue, the terrorists for giving them a bad name?

[Phantom Lord]

I'd love to, but its been deleted.

[True Republican Patriot]

But the Demorats trying to trash America have maintained there were NO WMDs in Iraq and NO CHEMICAL WEAPONS!!! My Gosh, were they lieing to us to help the terrorists? or worse to undermine Our Nation??????

[Fedora]

Thanks for the ping!

[cgk]

BTTT - PRAYERS UP.

[Flint]

It takes two chemicals mixed together to activate the agent. That is why the comment about the rounds needing to spin is about. The chemicals are designed to be stored until needed. Military stockpiles of weapons are designed to function when needed.

[Zhangliqun]

You know Jim, even if your e-mail account turns out to be true I have to ask - what does it matter? A "I told you so" to the Dems? This has been going on long enough - we are losing this war and have to find a way to win...

Sorry but I think an I-told-you-so is VERY MUCH in order. The Democrats called the President a liar and used this accusation to great effect to cripple the war effort by undermining public support for it. Anything that would reveal (truthfully and justly -- no dirty tricks) to the general wobbly swing voter the Democratic Party's terminal unseriousness on foreign policy/use of force is CRUCIAL to finding a way to win.

[Right Wing Assault]

Dammit! If President Bush knew there were such things in Iraq, he should have told us!

[GOP_1900AD]

More evidence that there were, and still are, WMD in Iraq.

[Redcloak]

Why couldn't they have had this little accident 2 weeks ago?!?

[Eagle Eye]

That's right, mushroom clouds mean nothing. We used to get really nice one when EODT would blow munitions every afternoon. When the sun was setting sometimes the cloud would have nice red and rose hues to it!

[michigander]

I guess you put me in my place with that one.

My apologies to you. That came off pretty bad on my part given a second look.
Hell, someday I hope to have his credibility here.

Again, my apologies for that.

[justa-hairyape]

Come on. This is America. You can sue for any reason you want. The question as always is whether you will win.

[VaMarVet]

But the Demorats trying to trash America have maintained there were NO WMDs in Iraq and NO CHEMICAL WEAPONS!!! My Gosh, were they lieing to us to help the terrorists? or worse to undermine Our Nation??????

Attitudes like that do not help the war effort. Bottom-line is that we have a war to win and playing the "there really were WMD" in Iraq game is distracting from that effort.

[Velveeta]

I agree with you.
The e-mail says they heard the information yesterday morning.
It doesn't take that long for word to get out.