Subject: A means to capture the "Nativity" compound,:
From: "Neil De Gaston" <[email-masked]>
To: "Miniistery of Defense Israel" <[email-masked]>, "Embassy Israel" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "A. Neal de Gaston Andebach" <[email-masked]>, "Joyce Hack" <[email-masked]>, "Weston & Catherine E. de Gaston Taylor" <[email-masked]>, "Sharleen Adrienne de Gaston" <[email-masked]>, "Sharleen Adrienne de Gaston" <[email-masked]>, "Scott Evans Perry" <[email-masked]>, "Ryan & Anne Camacho" <[email-masked]>, "Raymond de Gaston" <[email-masked]>, "Lorena Janeal Perry" <[email-masked]>, "Jeannine Isom" <[email-masked]>, "Erica Marie de Gaston" <[email-masked]>, "David de Gaston" <[email-masked]>, "Daniel Heywood de Gaston" <st
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 17:10:24 -0700

Re:  Capture of the "Church of the Nativity - Beit Lehem" from the terrorists

To Whom It May Concern:

Dear Sir(s):
President Moshe Katsav today (Tuesday), April 9, 2002, sent the following message to Pope John Paul II: 

  Our objective remains to extricate these armed terrorists, unharmed, from the Church and to this end, our forces continue to refrain from taking actions that may harm the Church or its clergy. Since giving safe conduct to the extremely dangerous terrorists presently in the Church would constitute a grave danger to public safety, we have no choice but to maintain our presence in the immediate area. We anticipate our redeployment once the terrorists hand themselves over.

It is now the 25th of April, this objective has not been met.  This is a difficult task.  I propose the following method to recapture the Church, and set its people free while catching the terrorists.

Immerse the structure in carbon dioxide gas (CO2).

CO2 should not harm the church structures or contents for the short periods that it would have to be used (Think trade-offs with other method...smoke, chemicals, explosions, etc., from things such as tear gas).  Used appropriately it should kill no one, or cause anyone long term morbidity, unless freedom of movement were restricted by the terrorists, who then would be at fault for the physiologic/medical consequences to those affected by detention..

CO2 is heavier than air, and sinks.  During a cool breezeless night, it should be possible to infuse the structure with CO2, which would then drive the inhabitants to higher parts of the structure as height dependent concentration levels of CO2 rose.

Though CO2 could be delivered at a sufficient rate to fill courtyards and many lower structures, due to windows, not too many by this picture:

it might be desirable to surround the building by a canvas or visqueen (hi-density "Seran Wrap") wall, sort of like putting the structure in a circus tent without the top, or as for termite extermination, but again, no top is necessary.

CO2 is widely used as a fire extinguisher.  Thus the building would be protected from revengeful fires by the terrorists, as well as inadvertent fires.  (Don't count on killing all of the rodents, as mice can withstand up to 25% CO2 concentrations).

CO2 is a powerful irritant in high concentrations.  If you don't believe me, trying inhaling the CO2 that collects over a soda pop gently poured from a 12 oz can into an about 20 oz tall glass...or similarly a pocket of CO2 from subliming dry ice.  The CO2 dissolves in the moisture of the nasopharyngotracheobrocho mucosa, forming carbonic acid.  This is a primary irritant.

CO2 in lower concentrations will lead to hyperventilation, finally in vain, respiratory acidosis due to hypercapnia which will lead to pulmonary vasoconstriction (as the lungs try to shunt blood from alveoli with too low a pH (too much CO2), as may be accentuated by additional vasoconstriction secondary to decreased oxygen (O2) partial pressure (again a shunting protective homeostatic means of the lung).

Symptoms of respiratory acidosis will be somnolence, confusion, and asterixis (extremities' tremor and jerks), progressing to narcosis, coma, and death.  Of course being immersed in a high concentration of CO2 will lead to suffocation.  The first disabling effects can render an enemy ineffective (panting and somnolent...confused).

The normal air mixture (sea level will be used) contains about .3 mmHg of CO2, but the little sacs in the lung where most all of the diffusion from air to blood (and vice versa) occurs maintains a level of about 40 mmHg (just mm from now on).  As ambient CO2 concentration is raised, it requires more ventilation to dump physiologically produced CO2 to the ambient air.  Experiments demonstrate that a human on pure O2 will ventilate at about 6.5 liters/minute.  If CO2 is added at 2, 4 and 6 % mixes, the ventilation rises respectfully to 9, 15, and 29 l/m.  Interestingly, 6% of 760 mm (one atmosphere) would be 45.6 mm partial pressure (pp) of CO2, meaning of course that the alveolar CO2 pp desired of 40 would not be acquired.  Venous return CO2 pp is 46 mm.

We see that we do not have a question of O2 pp, but that at 6% CO2 (still 45.6 mm even if on air rather than pure O2), we are going to push a panting for all he is worth subject into respiratory acidosis...and if he is panting, he is going to get tired and hungry, and thirsty too.

How much CO2 is required?  Shall we start with 16.667 meters high by 60 wide by 100 meters long, or 100,000 cubic meters, or since a liter is 10^3 cc, and there are 10^6 cc in a cubic meter, the we require 10^8 liters of CO2.  (10^8/22.4)(44 [atm wt of CO2]) equals about 2 x 10^8 grams, or 2 x 10^5 kilograms, or about 10^5 pounds or about 50 tons of dry ice.

The 50 tons of dry ice would be for 100% concentration of CO2...which is not required.  To go for a 6% concentration after leakage and Murphy's law, probably 10% of the 50 tons would do the trick, or 5 tons.

Delivery:

This CO2 could be manufactured and poured in through A/C like hoses, or dry ice could be dumped by helicopter, or catapulted over the sides of the canvas arena, or into the courtyard.  Of course that being at hand to the enemy should either be so heavy (helicopter placed, or sprayed in crushed form so that the enemy will not find it convenient to throw it back.

Additionally, something like Xenon 133  or Bromine 82 could be used to contaminate everything and person with radioactivity, so that if there are any passages out not known, these passage ways could be discovered.  At check points, Geiger or equivalent sensors could check for radioactivity of persons checked, and catch those that may have escaped from this location (and just this without CO2 could be done at other places, such as Arafat's compound, so that those who sneak out could be found.

Perhaps this can help you solve some terrible political problems, and hence the rest of the world before we come to Armageddon.  Also it should save lives, property, and probably a lot of money.

Sincerely,

A. Neal de Gaston:
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