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Peacetrain

(22,873 posts)
Sat Sep 7, 2013, 03:35 PM Sep 2013

If it is Sarin gas.. it can be traced to its source

I had an interesting phone call about 10 minutes ago.. Someone we know had been watching CNN news..and they are showing videos of gas attacks in Syria.. and (can't think of his name just now) but one of the inspectors from 2003 before Iraq said that is it Sarin gas that the kind the Syrians have has a specific signature. It came from the Russians..and if it is that gas tested, it is for sure the Assad government.

Who knew you could DNA test poisonous gasses..

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If it is Sarin gas.. it can be traced to its source (Original Post) Peacetrain Sep 2013 OP
Who cares? NoOneMan Sep 2013 #1
I care.. because we were fed such a pile of garbage in 2003 Peacetrain Sep 2013 #2
You can't know that. GeorgeGist Sep 2013 #3
That was a facetious statement.. DNA.. Peacetrain Sep 2013 #4
Apparently, it does. Cha Sep 2013 #7
We should know in 5 to 7 days Peacetrain Sep 2013 #8
The rebels did it in May. former9thward Sep 2013 #9
That makes no sense..but we will have the answer Peacetrain Sep 2013 #12
The rebels could have easily gotten some of the Syrian Army gas. former9thward Sep 2013 #13
my understanding is that they can detect if stabilizers were used. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #5
I did not get to see the report itself Peacetrain Sep 2013 #6
I posted a thread today to my journal it's the most recent one about UN Inspectors. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #10
Thank you.. Peacetrain Sep 2013 #11
 

NoOneMan

(4,795 posts)
1. Who cares?
Sat Sep 7, 2013, 03:44 PM
Sep 2013

Lets bomb humans so they can't be gassed? Who fucking cares? Or lets do it so the president doesn't get egg on his face? Who fuckn cares?

Peacetrain

(22,873 posts)
4. That was a facetious statement.. DNA..
Sat Sep 7, 2013, 06:24 PM
Sep 2013

Does everything require a sarcasm thingy on it anymore?


The fact that they could target where the production of certain Sarin gas originated was fascinating to me.. and I had no idea they could do that..

Peacetrain

(22,873 posts)
8. We should know in 5 to 7 days
Sat Sep 7, 2013, 08:48 PM
Sep 2013

I read today, someone actually putting forward that the rebels attacked themselves .. no matter where a person stands on intervention, mass murder of your own children just makes not sense..

Peacetrain

(22,873 posts)
12. That makes no sense..but we will have the answer
Sat Sep 7, 2013, 09:00 PM
Sep 2013

in 5 to 7 days.. there is a peculiar signature to the sarin gas controlled by the Syrian goverment.

former9thward

(31,961 posts)
13. The rebels could have easily gotten some of the Syrian Army gas.
Sat Sep 7, 2013, 09:26 PM
Sep 2013

The civil war has gone back and forth over the last two years.

Peacetrain

(22,873 posts)
6. I did not get to see the report itself
Sat Sep 7, 2013, 06:30 PM
Sep 2013

We are on TV lockdown around here.. but my friend said that the inspector thought that they would get the information within the next 5 to 7 days..

I did not know Russia gave Syria sarin gas.. I am amazed at that. And if it turns out to be the Russian sarin.. I wonder if that is what Putin was referring to when he said if it could be proved that the Assad goverment used sarin, he would attack.. or something to that effect..

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