U.S wants "gooey, smelly" weapons

[Gordon Fitch]

ChrisD(RJ):
> Gooey, noisy, smelly weapons under study for use when
> non-lethal force needed
> By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
> Associated Press Writer
>   WASHINGTON (AP) - Life could suddenly become a sticky,
> noisy, smelly, altogether unpleasant mess for rioters or
> enemies that authorities want stopped but not killed.
>   ...

Many of the weapons listed would be small and portable, 
making them excellent tools for private activities ranging
from vandalism to full-scale terrorism and guerrilla warfare,
along the lines of military anthrax.  I'm reminded of a passage
in a science fiction novel, _Stand_On_Zanzibar_ I think, where
vandals entertain themselves destroying a major bridge by
infecting it with steel-eating bacteria.

-- Gordon