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...chemical weapons agents, 3,000 tons of precursor chemicals and 426 pieces of chemical production equipment. But Iraq never accounted for all the 100,000 chemical weapons it produced for use in the Iran-Iraq war, and there are fears that thousands of them, filled with either deadly VX or mustard gas, could be squirreled away...
Since Nightfall had been born in Cabot House, it was only fitting that the solution should come from there too, in the form of Cabot House Master Jim Ware. Ware generously agreed to put up the money for a Sony VX-2000 Digital Camcorder, which is at the low end of the professional video spectrum. Newkirk himself paid for the computer and editing equipment. And Lawler put up the money for the “Angel Walk” shoot. Out of these acts of charity (and many others), Nightfall was born...
...these years, they are unlikely to do much damage. In 1991 the 50 Scud missiles fired into Israel frightened many but killed nobody. Even if Iraqi missiles have nerve gas or anthrax warheads, they are unlikely to kill more than a few. The theoretical potency of agents like VX--one tiny drop kills--or anthrax is defeated by the mechanics of distribution and dilution. A missile warhead would have to open up to release its cargo on top of a crowd to kill many, and that is a far more advanced capability than Saddam Hussein could possibly have...
Before U.N. Special Commission (UNSCOM) weapons inspectors were forced to pull out of Iraq in December 1998, the world knew what Iraq had. At least four tons of VX gas--a sulfurous compound that is among the most toxic chemical agents--were unaccounted for, as well as an estimated several hundred metric tons of the raw materials required to make sarin and mustard gas. After years of denying that it even had a biological-weapons program, Iraq admitted in 1995 that it had produced 8,500 liters of concentrated anthrax and 19,000 liters of undiluted botulinum toxin. UNSCOM destroyed...
...questions people are asking this week, and to provide some answers, we've launched this commonsense guide as a continuing resource on preparing for any sort of emergency. Plus there's On magazine's guide to the Web resources for scientific information on terror threats, from anthrax to VX. time.com/unhysterical...