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Originally posted by ipsedixit
Is it possible that depleted uranium also was used in the destruction of the WTC? Could depleted uranium have been a component of explosives used to cut heavy beams? Could it have been a component in the mix used for shaped charges?
Originally posted by TrueAmerican
If it was, then why didn't Dr. Steven Jones detect this in the dust samples? At least I don't recall them finding DU.
Within minutes of the crash, McKinney sent a radiological health inspector to check the site for any radiation sources. He reached Richard Borri, a senior scientist in the department’s office of Radiological Health, who like most people from DOH, was on his way to work when the first tower was hit.
While I was walking down Church Street, with all my instruments, I came within 1000 feet of the South Tower, and unfortunately the building came down,” says Borri, sounding every bit the unruffled scientist. “It’s a good thing I walked slowly.”
Borri checked the World Trade Center site for signs of radiation before and after the collapse of the buildings. Radiation could have originated in industrial radiology sources, such as the installing beams of the huge office buildings, which may have contained some radioactive elements from x-rays taken, and from depleted uranium used in ballasts in aircraft wing tips (such counterweights in airplane wing tips give the most weight for least volume, says Borri). It might also be left from any medical or dental offices.
Although Borri didn’t turn up any problematic radioactive readings by the end of the day, his work would be supplemented by the federal Department of Energy, whose technicians remained on site and continued to sample. [Only during the last days of the Ground Zero cleanup would radioactive testers find any evidence of radioactive emissions, from a pharmacy laboratory located within one of the buildings.]
Originally posted by ipsedixit
Originally posted by TrueAmerican
If it was, then why didn't Dr. Steven Jones detect this in the dust samples? At least I don't recall them finding DU.
Did Steven Jones test for it? I don't think they tested for all possibilities regarding explosives. And I believe they have said as much. Deagle, who was looking for nuclear by products was road blocked by the government, according to him, and was not able to get the tests done, not even in Europe. He says he was threatened with arrest if he proceeded to attempt to test the material.
I haven't seen any resolution of this issue posted.
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
Originally posted by ipsedixit
Originally posted by TrueAmerican
If it was, then why didn't Dr. Steven Jones detect this in the dust samples? At least I don't recall them finding DU.
Did Steven Jones test for it? I don't think they tested for all possibilities regarding explosives. And I believe they have said as much. Deagle, who was looking for nuclear by products was road blocked by the government, according to him, and was not able to get the tests done, not even in Europe. He says he was threatened with arrest if he proceeded to attempt to test the material.
I haven't seen any resolution of this issue posted.
Here's an easy way to test for it right now- find as many photos of you can of the ground zero area right after the collapse, and look for the mile wide areas of molten slag. Also, go across the river to the New Jersey side and see how many buildings are scorched and burned. You could also go to NYC yourself and look for the tens of thousands of corpses lying in the streets after dying from massive radiation poisoning.
I swear, if someone published a web site claiming the towers were destroying by unicorn farts, these conspiracy people would still believe it.
Originally posted by Varemia
I don't think that the towers were blown up with a nuclear device, but I also think that you are forgetting something. If it was a smaller nuke and detonated underground, then it would not do the above-ground damage that a city-destroyer will do.
Anyhow, I've read the testimonies of people who survived in the collapsed basement area of the towers. If there was a nuclear explosion, they would not have survived.
Originally posted by ipsedixit
Why was Deagle threatened with arrest by the Department of Defense if he persisted in trying to get analysis done of material from ground zero?
Originally posted by ipsedixit
Deagle has already associated Gulf War Syndrome with the use depleted uranium munitions. Is it possible that depleted uranium also was used in the destruction of the WTC? Could depleted uranium have been a component of explosives used to cut heavy beams? Could it have been a component in the mix used for shaped charges?
If it could be proved that depleted uranium was a component in explosives used at the WTC, it would be a huge indicator of US government involvement in 9/11.
There is as much reason to conceal the presence of depleted uranium on 9/11 as there would be to conceal the use of mini-nukes.
Originally posted by GenRadek
I really wish people would understand some facts before spouting off nonsense!
Depleated Uranium is used as a PENETRATING weapon. It is used to defeat armored vehicles. The density of the round is what does the damage. . . . In fact, I dont see or comprehend how adding depleted uranium to an explosive is going to do anything more special to the object to be destroyed.
en.wikipedia.org...edit on 9/30/2011 by GenRadek because: (no reason given)
On more properly military grounds, depleted uranium is favored for the penetrator because it is self-sharpening and pyrophoric.[26]
On impact with a hard target, such as an armored vehicle, the nose of the rod fractures in such a way that it remains sharp. The impact and subsequent release of heat energy causes it to disintegrate to dust and burn when it reaches air because of its pyrophoric properties.[26] When a DU penetrator reaches the interior of an armored vehicle, it catches fire, often igniting ammunition and fuel, killing the crew, and possibly causing the vehicle to explode.