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TERRORISM
CUBA's CHEMICAL WARFARE CAPABILITIES
Por Manuel Cereijo
Chemical warfare is the use of
poison gases and other toxix chemicals to kill or incapacitate an enemy.
Modern nerve gases and chemical warfare agents are a by-product of
insecticide research. They are composed of organic chemicals known as
organophosphorus compounds that inhibit the production of
cholinesterase.
Cuba initiated its first steps in chemical warfare during the Wars in
Africa. Cuba learned its manufacturing, maintenance, and use from the
Vietnamese, and the PRC. Later on, by the former Soviet Union. Small and
efficient plants can turn out chemical weapons by the ton. These plants
are scattered in Cuba, but mainly in La Habana, Central Cuba, near
Sancti Spititus, and in Santiago de Cuba.
Chemical weapons usually cause burns, asphyxiation, and neurological
damage. Cuba has developed, in conjunction with the PRC, a very
effective neurological damaging gas. They have also developed, with the
assistant of the former Soviet Union, a nerve gas called Novichok. This
gas is five times as deadly as conventional nerve gases. It is purported
that 40,000 tons of Novichok is enough to kill all human life on earth.
Of course, the use of chemical weapons is limited by the excessive bulk
of the chemical agents. Weather, winds and the practical limitations of
dispersal would generally limit chemical weapons to use against
concentrated targets. Chemical weapons can be very effective against
troop concentrations, military facilities, and highly populated areas.
Intelligent sources strongly suspect that Cuba has worked on, and
developed the following:
NERVE AGENTS
· Tabun (GA)-cholisterase inhibitor
· Sarin (GB)-cholinesterase inhibitor
· Soman (GD)- cholinesterase inhibitor
· Yellow Rain-Unknown compound that causes bleeding and rapid death, may
include mycotoxins produced by the genus Fusarium fungi-Tropical
Medicine Institute.
· Novichok-A choline sterase inhitor. Affect human genes.
BLISTER AGENTS
· Mustard- (H, HID, HS)-causes skin and membrane inflammation. Blindness
· Phosgene Oxime (CX)-destroys skin and membrane tissue
BLOOD AGENTS
A blood agent is absorbed into the body through the lungs where it is
then picked up by the blood.
· Arsine Trihydride (SA)-causes gasping and choking, asphyxiation
· Hydrogen Cyanide (PB)-Penetrates current issue U.S. military gas
masks. Causes convulsions, gasping, choking. Cuba and Irak worked
together on this chemical agent
OTHERS
· Buzz (13Z)- Hallucinogenic LSD derivative
· Blue X- Incapacitates humans for 8-12 hours.
End
Manuel Cereijo
September 2001
INGMCA@aol.com
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