Word: vx
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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could be in there? What could be in that pharmaceutical factory?'" Zollo said. "'VX? No, something more dangerous. Nerve gas! Yeah, nerve gas. That's the trick...
Clinton aides still believe the plant also produced dangerous chemicals. CIA agents scooped up soil samples there that contained traces of a compound called EMPTA, which is used to make the VX nerve agent. Iraqi chemical-weapons scientists had been regular visitors to the plant. A U.S. intelligence report also alleged that one of the plant's senior officials lived in a house owned by bin Laden...
...Sudan with a double whammy late Monday -- not more missiles, but a couple of withering charges about that Shifa Pharmaceuticals plant in northern Khartoum. Not only do intelligence sources claim possession of a "soil sample" containing EMPTA, an ingredient in VX nerve gas, but they also insist the factory was a chemical weapons bazaar -- primed to produce VX for Baghdad as well as Bin Laden. Nonsense, say the Sudanese: Soil samples from outside the plant are no indication of what's going on within, and taking samples from inside the plant would require a power drill. Futhermore, Sudan alleges, their...
WASHINGTON: The discovery of traces of VX nerve gas on Iraqi warheads seemingly settles one debate -- yes, Iraq's VX production had advanced sufficiently before the Gulf War that it could arm missiles with the deadly gas. But the Pentagon knew that weeks ago; the leak that landed the report in today's Washington Post was meant to remind the U.N. anew that Iraq is still not to be dealt with honestly. "It looks like it came straight from the Pentagon," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell, "timed to turn up the pressure on UNSCOM on the day before Richard...
...pushed by sympathetic nations such as France, Russia and China, is trying to map out an end to Iraq sanctions; the Clinton administration would prefer to keep the heat on a while longer. And the VX report, which Iraq disputes, certainly seems to bolster the latter case. Asked about the leaked report, State Department spokesman James P. Rubin said the finding "demonstrates how important it is for sanctions to remain in place until Iraq cooperates with UNSCOM." Which is wonk-speak for "We told...