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Spitfire of ATJ

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11. They have a benevolent reputation....

Reply to oberliner (Reply #10)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 01:36 PM

Mar 2013

The queen has done a lot for children.

But still,...when you have a ruler that claims they derive their power by being a direct descendant of Muhammad.

Imagine if we had someone in this country that claimed they should rule because they were a direct descendant of Jesus.

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Syria Chemical Weapons: Opposition Says Syrian Forces Fired Chemical Weapons At Rebels [View all] oberliner Mar 2013 OP

Pretty sure they're referring to something other than phosphorus there... Posteritatis Mar 2013 #1

Organophosphate Agent such as VX? formercia Mar 2013 #7

Could be. That'd be a pretty roundabout way to misstate it though. Posteritatis Mar 2013 #12

VX is some nasty stuff Malik Agar Mar 2013 #13

They better not call phospherus a chemical weapon daleo Mar 2013 #2

And israel during the Lebanon attack, well reported on this site. eom Purveyor Mar 2013 #5

Then there was Gaza.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #9

What's coming out of this is desensitizing the Western public to "chemical weapons." David__77 Mar 2013 #3

Things are coming to a head in Syria... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #4

How will this play out? oberliner Mar 2013 #6

Sanity. Which means the Saudis are next. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #8

How about Jordan? oberliner Mar 2013 #10

They have a benevolent reputation.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #11