Registered: Mar 2003
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Falluja 2 - why do we keep doing this?

Regarding the chemical factory Falluja 2 that apparently cost we Brits £,000's to help build (I believe we paid £300K in insurance 'cos we invaded in 1991 and so scratched the paintwork)

Is it just me or is it insane to give/support weapons production in countries where there is no realistic chance we would ever have a mutal defence pact with? Or am I missing a big part of the "global business" environment.

And by the way - if all the chemical weapons are being made on trains and trucks these days (cf Colin Powell), does this place still matter?

PS
If anyone has raised this elsewhere, I'm sorry I missed it - not too sure how to search the board yet.

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Registered: Aug 2001
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Controlling 'Dual Use' chemicals is going to be pretty much impossible, surely? Chlorine is pretty necessary, for example in treatment of drinking water. But a simple reaction (with carbon monoxide, I think) and hey presto, phosgene.

As weasel spoor pointed out once in a thread, chemical weapons aren't worth getting panty twisted over in the way that bioweapons might be. Chemical weapons are horrible, obviously, but then so are high exposives.

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Registered: Mar 2003
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Thanks

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Sedona, Arizona
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Iraq got a lot of nasty shit from a lot of the players in this scenario. They were going to take down Iran who the US and others weren't too happy with.
Mistake.

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