No chemical weapons in Iraq? What about this: Iraqi Chemical Stash Uncovered. Official sources admit this lab does not predate the invasion. That asks more questions than it answers. Where did it come from? Are the pieces Iraqi? Were they hidden in a cache and assembled for use now? If they are not Iraqi where did they come from and how did they get across the border? If they have the lab and it was functioning, why didn't they use the weapons? Were they caught too early? Were they going to make a spectaular string of attacks? Were they going to try and export these weapons to Europe, America or Australia? How was it found? Where are the owners? Anyone?
Quarantine 2008 has ended
Fair warning: possibly graphic post and not for the squeamish. So it all started Friday night. Wife and I had a long day (as usual) and had finally finished with dishes, laundry and the rest of the normal daily grind. The baby had been fussy most of the day and had spit up here and there. Mostly we thought it had been switching from formula to milk which can sometimes cause this type of thing. By the time kid #4 rolls around you tend to let these things slide. If this were #1 we'd have called in a medivac at the first sign of vomiting in a 1 year old. He finally calmed down and we got him off to sleep. We watched a bit of The Wire and retired (very) late. About 10 minutes later #2 wakes up crying complaining of a stomach ache. I ask if he has to go to the bathroom and he says no, it's not that. His stomach really hurts. OK, into my bed and I'll get the heating pad for a bit. We get him settled and he calms down. Knowing that he tends towards the dramatic, I s...
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