If you drop that bomb on a big city it will kill thousands. does that make it a WMD then ? On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:48:53 -0600, joe andress <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Not to the same extent that nuclear devices, chemical weapons or bio weapon >are normally classified, NO its not.These weapons are aimed at thousand of >deaths and injury. > >The weapon you mentioned is not expected to kill thousands. As to the noise, >it will impact those individuals within a certain distance. Your reference >which is only for exploitive value. > >The notice of the noise is to prepare the residents in advance. Something >that I would expect them to do. > >Your argument is that you personally disagree with the prospect of military >action. Nothin more. Your opinion and your entitle to it. > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Guy Avenell" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 4:21 PM >Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: French Fries are now Freedom Fries? Bomb Link > > >> At the bottom of the Freedom Fries page there was a link to this article: >> http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/11/sprj.irq.moab/index.html >> MOAB, privately known in military circles as "the mother of all bombs," >has >> been under development since late last year. The bomb carries 18,000 >pounds >> of tritonal explosives, which have an indefinite shelf life. It replaces >the >> Vietnam-era "Daisy Cutter," a 15,000-pound bomb with 12,600 pounds of the >> less-powerful GSX explosives. >> The Tuesday test was expected to generate so much noise that nearby >> residents were warned in advance. A 10,000-foot cloud was expected to >> result. >> >> But it's still not a WMD? >> >> Guy Avenell >> www.hpto.net >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Cynthia Fowler" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 12:57 PM >> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: French Fries are now Freedom Fries? >> >> >> If I remember correctly from my history classes eons ago, wasn't "Lady >> Liberty" a gift from the French? Seems a contradiction. >> >> >>> John Burke <[log in to unmask]> 03/11/03 02:46PM >>> >> I hate contributing to this OT insanity, but I just saw this report: >"House >> cafeterias change names for 'french fries' and 'french toast'" and had to >> pass it on. I was shaking in disbelief as I read it: >> >> http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/sprj.irq.fries/index.html >> >> * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * >> * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * >> >> * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * >> * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * >> >> * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * >> * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * > >* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * >* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *