
+>1.  There is no such thing as non-toxic tear gas.  Tear gas is non-breathable
+>    remaining in it's presence will cause nausea and vomiting, followed eventually
+>    by siezures and death.  Did the FBI know the physical health of all the people
+>    they exposed??  Any potential heart problems among the B-D's??

	They certainly knew that there were pregnant women in there plus 
children.  I could not believe when they said that the gassing was
an attempt to "save the children" yesterday.  I can't think of a much
worse sort of child abuse that pouring tear gas into a building.


+>2.  Have you ever seen a tear gas canister??  Tear gas is produced by burning a
+>    chemical in the can.  The fumes produced are tear gas.  The canister has a 
+>    warning printed on the side of it.  "Contact with flamable material can result
+>    in fire."  Now, how many of these canisters did they throw inside a building 
+>    they admited was a fire-trap??

	I have heard two things recently explaining this:

	1. They pumped the gas into the building from outside via some
	sort of pipe rather than by canister.

	2. The sort of tear gas they are using was described as some
	sort of powdery material that sticks to things.  Kind of
	like a powder cloud.

	And once again, these are government lacky explainations and
	since government stories always change, none or all of the
	information might not be true.


+>This whole thing was a case of over-reaction by the officials at every step.
+>I hope it is thoroughly investigated and the responsible parties are held
+>accountable.  But that is highly unlikely when you figure they are going to
+>be investigating themselves.