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17 Mar 2021, 9:54 am

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On May 14, 1995, investigators with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) flew to an outback sheep station in the nation’s interior. There they found a large pile of dead sheep contaminated with traces of a nerve agent called sarin, along with a deep pit that was found to be slightly radioactive. Investigators concluded that this had been an attempt to mine the property’s deposit of uranium—although it was hard to know how much had been found, or what it had been used for. Given the property’s previous owners, the evidence was ominous.
The article goes on to report that the Japanese religious sect called Aum Shinrikyo purchased the property to mine radioactive uranium and manufacture the sarin gas that that was later used in their attack on the Tokyo subway.
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The evidence that most compellingly connected the farm to the subway attack, however, was a large pile of sheep bones and decomposing wool.  Samples from these bones and wool were sent off for analysis, and later came back with a positive result for sarin, which was the same colourless, odourless nerve agent that was used in the subway attacks.  This chemical was developed in Nazi Germany, and causes death by seizing up the muscles associated with breathing.  Apparently while one group of cult members had spent their time at Banjawarn mining for uranium, another group had been refining their recipe for chemical weapons and testing the prototype on the livestock.
All under the noses of the Australian authorities.

Source (with pictures):  This Vice News Article 


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27 Mar 2021, 6:13 pm

They bought the farm, eh?
Well, they want to make sure everyone does, I guess...



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28 Mar 2021, 5:04 am

Gosh we sell our land to every Tom, Dick and Harry.



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28 Mar 2021, 9:49 am

If they were hoping of building a nuclear bomb using mined uranium, it would have likely taken them a hundred years to do so. The enrichment process is not so simple to do and very expensive. It would not be fissionable as ore. They were mostly wasting their time and money on this one.

If they were wanting to build a “dirty” bomb, one that spreads radioactivity and fear, they could have done that relatively easy. It still would have taken the time to refine it to maximize the effects. The rocky ore, while radioactive, would not be a good choice. It has to be aerosolized to contaminate a larger area. The risk of exposure to natural uranium ore is relatively low, but not zero. Usually terrorists seek much more radioactive materials than raw uranium ore to do their dirty work with.

The real concerning part is the testing of Sarin. It does not take much to kill. It is the mist of death to whatever it touches as it shuts down certain biological pathways for respiration. The group carried out an Sarin attack in Japan that was bad, but it could have been much worse based upon the amounts that they had produced. Being colorless and odorless, it is usually hard to spot until someone has been exposed to it. Since the subway attack, there have been improvements to the technology of detecting said nerve agents in a hope of catching it early on before an chemical attack can be done.



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28 Mar 2021, 12:52 pm

cyberdad wrote:
Gosh we sell our land to every Tom, Dick and Harry.


I am sure that they didnt buy the land under the name of "Dooms Day Suicide and Homocide Cult".

Probably under some bland name like "Acme Industries".



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29 Mar 2021, 4:01 am

naturalplastic wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Gosh we sell our land to every Tom, Dick and Harry.


I am sure that they didnt buy the land under the name of "Dooms Day Suicide and Homocide Cult".

Probably under some bland name like "Acme Industries".


Wiley Coyote Inc :lol:



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29 Mar 2021, 8:21 am

cyberdad wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Gosh we sell our land to every Tom, Dick and Harry.
I am sure that they didnt buy the land under the name of "Dooms Day Suicide and Homocide Cult".  Probably under some bland name like "Acme Industries".
Wiley Coyote Inc.
"Happy Joe Fun Time Company"?


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29 Mar 2021, 12:43 pm

cyberdad wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Gosh we sell our land to every Tom, Dick and Harry.


I am sure that they didnt buy the land under the name of "Dooms Day Suicide and Homocide Cult".

Probably under some bland name like "Acme Industries".


Wiley Coyote Inc :lol:


You got it.

Thats where he got his supplies ...to go after the roadrunner. the "Acme Anvil Company", the "Acme Dynamite Company", the "Acme Jet Pack Company", "the Acme Parachute Company"...