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"Chad Irby" wrote in message om... In article , "Kevin Brooks" wrote: "Chad Irby" wrote in message m... Funny - I don't ever remember even hearing of a *rumor* that Israel has chemical weapons. You are joking, right? They are a signatory of the Chemical Warfare Convention, but they have never ratified it; they have refused to even sign the 1972 Bio Weapons Convention. Senior US military personnel testified before Congress as early as 1974, claiming that the Israelis possessed an offensive chemical capability. They have been very tight lipped about their CBW programs, but they have also been tight lipped about their nuclear capability as well. See: www.bsos.umd.edu/pgsd/people/ staffpubs/Avner-CBWart.pdf Okay, there's the rumor, but this is a pretty important quote *from* that paper: "For this reason, Israelšs motivations in the CBW fields, defensive or offensive, cannot be inferred merely from the existence of research activities involving potential CBW agents. To do so would be an unjustified leap. If additional relevant information is available regarding weaponization or large-scale agent production, however, it could alter the significance of the basic research." Thy're surrounded by folks who have been spending huge amounts of money on way to kill Israelis. They'd be stupid to not work on defensive tech. Their early work on trying to replicate VX would point to other goals, as would their being so tight-lipped about that 747's cargo that went down in Amsterdam. And why would they have been so careful to classify the *trial* of that research scientist who was found to be a Soviet agent? Because of *defensive* development work? That stretches the imagination--the testimony of the US military personnel just adds to the case. Brooks -- cirby at cfl.rr.com Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations. Slam on brakes accordingly. |
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