Bomba al Sarin in Irak

Copio il titolo del post da Liapunov, che ha segnalato questa Reuters:

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A small amount of the nerve agent sarin was found in a shell that exploded in Iraq, the U.S. army said Monday in the first announcement of discovery of any of the weapons on which Washington made its case for war.



Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt told a news conference the substance had been found in an artillery shell inside a bag discovered by a U.S. convoy a few days ago. The round had exploded, causing a small release of the substance, he said.



"The Iraq Survey Group has confirmed today that a 155 (mm) artillery round containing sarin nerve agent had been found. The round had been rigged as an IED (improvised explosive device) that was discovered by a U.S. force convoy," he said.



"A detonation occurred before the IED be could be rendered inoperable," Kimmitt said, adding that two members of an explosives team had been treated for exposure to the substance.

Link: Reuters.



Ricordo che in Giordania poche settimane fa è stato sventato un attentato organizzato da Al Qaeda utilizzando trenta tonnellate di sostanze chimiche, attentato che avrebbe potuto causare 80.000 morti.



Dato che le sostanze in possesso dei seguaci di Al Qaeda non si trovano al supermercato, e in buona parte non possono essere state fabbricate in Giordania in laboratori improvvisati, molti (tranne che in Italia, ovvio: da noi si crede ciecamente solo ai presunti complotti dei kattivi amerikani) hanno ipotizzato che si trattasse di materiale bellico trafugato dai laboratori di Saddam.