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There used to be a nuclear/chemical storage facility on an Aral Sea island in the times of the Soviet Union, when the Sea was a sea-like lake.

Now, considering that is looks more like a dirty, salty puddle, the base had to be relocated, due to safety reasons.

Funny, but the island was a state-protected national park back then. Almost no wildlife there now, is there?

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government -- Edward Abbey

by serik berik (serik[dot]berik on Gmail) on Mon Mar 6th, 2006 at 05:33:47 AM EST
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Last month I did read this report about that.

Don't read it, you gonna be sick for at least a day.

The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)

by Elco B (elcob at scarlet dot be) on Mon Mar 6th, 2006 at 06:15:26 AM EST
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Nuclear/chemical? Aren't you rather talking about the big Soviet bioweapons test field? That was certainly on an island in the Aral Sea. Or was there all three?

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Mon Mar 6th, 2006 at 06:22:23 AM EST
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Sorry, I should have put it in another way, since I was not sure. Instead of "nuclear/chemical" read "nuclear or chemical." :)

A couple of years ago I watched a Russian documentary about the island, in which they showed the bunkers with the stuff that were some sort of storage facility.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government -- Edward Abbey

by serik berik (serik[dot]berik on Gmail) on Mon Mar 6th, 2006 at 07:27:19 PM EST
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