Stardate 20011012.1410 (On Screen): This story reports the possibility that al Qaeda has the ability to manufacture poison gases "like chlorine and phosgene". I don't know how to make phosgene, but anyone can make chlorine with ingredients purchased at any grocery store. Chlorine was the first poison gas used in WWI, but it's not a one-whiff-and-you-die gas, and it was soon abandoned in favor of much more lethal gases like mustard and cyanogen. Not to minimize the risk from chlorine, but this announcement about chlorine is less than impressive.
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