Comment on Operation enduring algae

HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Botzo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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  • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Fun fact, Mi6 plagiarized from the plot from The Rock to justify the invasion of Iraq.

    Specifically "the use of glass containers for chemical agents and the similarity of the description to those portrayed in The Rock "

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    • sorter_plainview@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That is not really correct based on the available information. Look at the title of the article itself,

      The Rock movie plot ‘may have inspired MI6 source’s Iraqi weapons claim’

      The source of Mi6, claimed that Iraq had this. But Mi6 was clearly suspicious, because chemical ammunition are usually not stored in glass containers. This is given just below of the line you quoted,

      MI6 accepted this possible flaw to the intelligence, the report adds: “The questions about the use of glass containers for chemical agents and the similarity of the description to those portrayed in The Rock had been recognised by SIS. There were some precedents for the use of glass containers but the points would be pursued when further material became available.”

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      • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The quote from the article is coming from a 2016 review of the original information passed on to America to justify the war. So they now recognize that it is bullshit from a movie, but that didn’t stop them from transferring the information back in the 00s.

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      • fartographer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        chemical ammunition are usually not stored in glass containers

        Chemical ammunition are stored in the butt cheeks

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    • tomatolung@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      JFC… What a surreal damned world. That’s ludicrous, but if you look at what Trump say or does is doesn’t even come close.

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    • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Even if true, there’s nothing “fun” about the origin story that led to a war killing over a hundred thousands and including some horrible war crimes.

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      • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Sarcasm.

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      • Kewlio250@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Relax, dude

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      • Count042@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Millions, if you include Afghanistan and Syria.

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  • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Wouldn’t it have been better if he just let it roll away from him?

    Is been a long time since I’ve watched the movie

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    • Botzo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The antidote seemed pretty harsh Image

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      • snoons@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Imagine injecting yourself with pure bees. D:

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      • Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The true antidote is thermite plasma. 40 tons of that stuff applied directly to the forehead will prevent you from dying of VX

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    • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      There were hostages on the island and if the pearl popped it would infect all of the hostages and possibly caught the wind to disperse over part of SF. Even one would have killed hundreds of people.

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    • TheDeadInternet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      If it hit the water it would probably be fine water is very good at diluting stuff.

      Japan dumped the radioactive water they had from the meltdown and nothing really bad happened because again large bodies of water are great at diluting stuff.

      The only thing I can think of is if there was ground below it could have cracked and possibly got to the hostages.

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      • Zink@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        iirc that water released from japan wasn’t even that radioactive on its own before dilution, but nuclear scary stuff gets attention and clicks.

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  • Embargo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Shoe catch!

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• OS2Warp@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yes. In a string of pearls configuration; very unstable.

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• green_goglin@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yes, and if I’m remembering correctly Condoleeza Rice and/or Colin Powell cited this device as evidence of WMDs in Iraq to the United Nations.

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  • HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Holy shit really?! 😂

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• raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Nah, these are just vaginal beads ;p

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