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   XPost: alt.politics.uk   
   From: hex@unseen.ac.am   
      
   "burfordTjustice"  wrote in message   
   news:o93vvm$71j$8@dont-email.me...   
   > 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?   
      
   So, while that's perfectly possible, why is it that the video evidence   
   available   
   shows only one wipe?   
      
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