XPost: alt.politics.scorched-earth, uk.politics.misc, uk.legal   
   XPost: alt.politics.uk   
   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   On Tue, 28 Feb 2017 08:22:51 -0500   
   Mr. B1ack wrote:   
      
   > Um ... maybe the newsies should call in Bill Nye. OK,   
   > maybe not Bill ......   
   >   
   > In any case, they act as if there's a huge mystery about   
   > how the two women who assassinated Kim Jong Nam   
   > managed to use VX nerve agent without also killing   
   > themselves. Even the BBC seems mystified.   
   >   
   > Big clue ... VX is one of a group of chemical weapons   
   > known as a "binary" agent. This means, say, a shell   
   > or rocket contains TWO seperate bottles of chemicals   
   > that only become VX when MIXED TOGETHER. Ie   
   > there's a chemical reaction between the two and the   
   > result is VX.   
   >   
   > This is much safer for munitions work because it's   
   > very unlikely both reagent containers would accidently   
   > leak at the same time. Thus any leaks are gonna be   
   > of the low-toxicicy precursors, not ultra-deadly VX.   
   >   
   > This in mind ... you give each woman a cloth with ONE   
   > of the precursor reagents on it. The first one wipes his   
   > face, then the second one - with the OTHER reagent   
   > on the cloth - does the same.   
   >   
   > The two parts then combine, ON his skin, to form VX   
   > and he's dead in minutes.   
   >   
   > The first assassin only has the precursor on her hands.   
   > The second has mostly the other precursor but maybe   
   > also a tiny bit of VX from when the reaction started. It   
   > is reported that one of the women started (and   
   > continues) a vomiting jag shortly after the attack while   
   > the other was fine. Guess who wiped first ?   
   >   
   > THIS is why they used TWO assassins. Each was   
   > one half of the murder and neither was carrying VX,   
   > which air sensors might be looking for or which   
   > might kill an assassin before she reached her target.   
   >   
   > Clear now ?   
   >   
   > Talk about scientific illiteracy ....   
   >   
      
   Lets invite some others in on this...shall we?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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