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Originally posted by Spartak
How do you know for sure Lebell that it was blister gas in those shells ?
Your opinion is based on the same diluted piece of information as anybody else's, and could be flawed as easily as anybody else's.
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I am not offering an opinion.
I am offering an analysis of the facts as opposed to opinions being presented as facts.
Current information indicates mustard gas.
We also know the shells were wrapped in plastic and at least some were leaking.
We do not know if the shells can be fired or not.
Nor do we yet know if this was an isolated cache, or part of a systematic deception.
If you want my opinion, I vote for systematic deception, but even then, I have the weight of Saddam's history with the UN inspection teams to give credance.
Time will tell if my opinion is right or not, but the rest is simply data which may or may not be updated with new data.