Re: [CH] Chile as terrorist weapon
John Benz Fentner, Jr. (johnfentner@comcast.net)
Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:42:02 -0400
Heh...amateurs. Now if you really wanted to weaponize chile peppers all
you'd need would be a cigarette pack, a cherry bomb and a couple ounces
of Br'er Jim's Red Savina Powder.
Note: Don't try this at home kids. For use by highly trained
professional knuckledraggers only.
JB
phirsch@nypl.org wrote:
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>>From today's NY Times:
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/world/europe/04briefs-chili.html
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> Britain: Spicy and Terror-Inducing
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>
> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
> Published: October 4, 2007
>
> A Thai restaurant cooking up a big pot of bird’s eye chili brought road
> closures and evacuations in the Soho area of London after passers-by
> complained that a noxious chemical was burning their throats and the London
> Fire Brigade sent a chemical response team, a police spokesman said.
> Firefighters closed off roads, sealed buildings and donned special
> breathing masks to ferret out the source of the acrid smell, The Times of
> London reported. Smashing down the door of the suspected source — the
> restaurant — they emerged carrying a pot containing about nine pounds of
> bird’s eye chilies that had been left roasting. The restaurant owner said
> it was for a batch of nam prik pao, a Thai chili paste. There were no
> arrests. “As far as I’m aware, it’s not a criminal offense to cook very
> strong chili,” the police spokesman said.
>
>
> Peter Hirsch
> (immoderate lurker)
>
>
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John Benz Fentner, Jr.
Unionville, Connecticut., USA
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