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Offline TomSea

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US says North Korea assassinated Kim Jong-nam with chemical weapon
« on: March 07, 2018, 03:36:09 pm »
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US says North Korea assassinated Kim Jong-nam with chemical weapon
Benjamin Haas

The United States has determined North Korea used a banned chemical weapon to assassinate the half brother of leader Kim Jong-un in Malaysia last year, with the claim coming just hours after Pyongyang signalled it was willing to give up its nuclear weapons.

Kim Jong-nam was killed with the chemical warfare agent VX at the Kuala Lumpur airport last year, violating the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act.

“The United States strongly condemns the use of chemical weapons to conduct an assassination,” Heather Nauert, a state department spokesperson, said in a statement.

Read more at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/07/us-says-north-korea-assassinated-kim-jong-nam-with-chemical-weapon
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Re: US says North Korea assassinated Kim Jong-nam with chemical weapon
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2018, 03:41:50 pm »
They've had VX for 30 years.
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Re: US says North Korea assassinated Kim Jong-nam with chemical weapon
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Re: US says North Korea assassinated Kim Jong-nam with chemical weapon
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2018, 12:35:58 pm »
Quote from: edpc on March 08, 2018, 05:09:05 am
Nam had atropine injectors on him.  They either didn't work or he didn't use them.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-malaysia-kim-court/kim-jong-nam-had-nerve-agent-antidote-in-bag-malaysian-court-told-idUSKBN1DV3M0

He didnt use them.  Apparently passed out before he could.
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