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According to a new study, dirty bombs are highly unlikely to disperse significant amounts of radioactive dust over long distances.  They did tests with conventional explosives and non-radioactive dust mimicking common radioactive materials, and found that most of the dust did not travel long distances.  This means that relatively few people will be hurt by [...]

By Thoreau
All sorts of things have prevented me from blogging about 24 for the last few days, but it’s fortuitous that I waited until hearing about the chlorine attacks in Iraq. (It may be old news to some, but it was news to me.)
Let’s recap: At the end of Monday night’s episode, former [...]

By Thoreau
The Iraqis are in possession of chemical weapons:
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A top U.S. general said on Thursday insurgents in Iraq were using crude chemical bombs in a new campaign to create instability, as U.S. and Iraqi forces stepped up a security crackdown in Baghdad.
Two bombs using chlorine gas have killed up to 11 people [...]

By Mona
As Jim and Thoreau have astutely noted, Iran has its Kristols, Ledeens and Gaffneys; but it has also long had its foreign policy Brent Scowcrofts and Jim Webbs. CNN’s Christiane Amanpour was recently in Iran interviewing a “senior Iranian official,” and she points out that many Iranians are desperate to [...]