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As for mustard gas, it is extremely nasty stuff, obviously. You can read about it here, including its effects, mode of action, etc.
For example:
Mustard gas is a powerful irritant and vesicant, used as a chemical warfare agent. The main risk of acute poisoning exists with the use of sulphur mustard vapour in war and occasionally during laboratory work. However, due to its persistence poisoning may occur at a later stage. Target organs: Skin, eyes, respiratory tract, bone marrow. [snip] Nausea, fatigue, headache, eye inflammation with intense eye pain, lachrymation, blepharospasm, photophobia and rhinorrhoea, followed by reddening of face and neck, soreness of throat and increased pulse and respiratory rate develop at two to six hours post exposure. Six to twenty four hours post exposure the above symptoms are generally increased in severity and are accompanied by skin inflammation followed by blister formation in the warmest areas such as genito-perineal area, buttocks, axillae and on the inner aspects of thighs. In the next twenty four hours the condition generally worsens, blistering becomes more marked, coughing appears. Mucus, pus and necrotic slough may be expectorated. Intense itching of skin and increased skin pigmentation occur.
Target organs: Skin, eyes, respiratory tract, bone marrow.
[snip]
Nausea, fatigue, headache, eye inflammation with intense eye pain, lachrymation, blepharospasm, photophobia and rhinorrhoea, followed by reddening of face and neck, soreness of throat and increased pulse and respiratory rate develop at two to six hours post exposure.
Six to twenty four hours post exposure the above symptoms are generally increased in severity and are accompanied by skin inflammation followed by blister formation in the warmest areas such as genito-perineal area, buttocks, axillae and on the inner aspects of thighs.
In the next twenty four hours the condition generally worsens, blistering becomes more marked, coughing appears. Mucus, pus and necrotic slough may be expectorated. Intense itching of skin and increased skin pigmentation occur.
Nice, huh?
If you look at my dailyKos post, you'll see my comment at the end that van Anraat saw footage of the Halabja attacks, and still wanted to sell thiodiglycol to Iraq.
The man has no remorse. Too bad the law doesn't allow for a longer sentence.
Send him to The Hague, where the ICC is ;-)
No, Donny, these men are nihilists, there's nothing to be afraid of. by Plutonium Page on Fri Dec 23, 2005 at 03:00:47 PM PDT
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He would be a prize ghoul in a cell next to Milosevic or indeed Saddam chemicals runner Frans. Apparently the AIVD safe house in Amsterdam is vacant at the moment. Perhaps even the U.S. Embassy to be built like a Guantanamo bastion would suit as prison.
"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."
▼ ▼ ▼ MY DIARY Hasbara is a dead language
Don't take my comments out of context, please.
The Hague would welcome him to stand before the ICC, there is no misunderstanding. I was just proposing some places to stay while Donald was on trial. Scheveningen prison during WWII was referred to as Oranje Hotel.
Kissinger escaped, but he hasn't been in Europe since Spain caught up with Pinochet temporarily.
How do you like your mayor Job Cohen, a very amiable person.
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