02-20-2003, 09:07 PM
Hi,
While I don't know how many six story buildings it would take, I did find some population numbers for Iraq. Go to http://www.world-gazetteer.com/fr/fr_iq.htm to get the population, note that there are 14 cities of over 800,000.
Looking at the map that is also available on that site, and assuming that the war will converge on Baghdad, it is not at all impossible that a chemical attack will influence one or more of those large cities. In Baghdad alone, there are a potential 5 million casualties to a chemical attack and a wind shift. Would Saddam risk killing 5 million of his own if he thought he could kill 1000 enemy soldiers? I hope we don't find out.
--Pete
While I don't know how many six story buildings it would take, I did find some population numbers for Iraq. Go to http://www.world-gazetteer.com/fr/fr_iq.htm to get the population, note that there are 14 cities of over 800,000.
Looking at the map that is also available on that site, and assuming that the war will converge on Baghdad, it is not at all impossible that a chemical attack will influence one or more of those large cities. In Baghdad alone, there are a potential 5 million casualties to a chemical attack and a wind shift. Would Saddam risk killing 5 million of his own if he thought he could kill 1000 enemy soldiers? I hope we don't find out.
--Pete
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