غاز BP

English translation: CS gas

16:55 Sep 3, 2020
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: غاز BP
استمر الحرم مقفلا لمدة أسبوعين على يد أولئك الحمقى، وبعدها عاد إلى سالف عهده ملاذا آمنا للمصلين والطائفين بفضل ثلاثة ضباط فرنسيين من وحدة مكافحة الشغب الفرنسية، الوحدة الوحيدة المدربة في العالم على مثل تلك المواقف في ذلك الزمن. أشاروا على القوات السعودية باستخدام غاز

I assume this tear gas? Maybe CS gas?
Verity Roat
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:52
English translation:CS gas
Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juhayman_al-Otaybi
"French Special Forces provided a special tear gas (CS gas) which prevents aggressiveness and slows down breathing."

French Wikipedia provides the precise chemical composition of the gas
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prise_de_la_Grande_Mosquée_de_...
"des gaz incapacitants CB (du chlorobenzylidène malononitrile) ont été injectés dans leur version liquide jusque dans les souterrains grâce à des trous perforés dans les dalles de béton, et ont été dispersés dans leur version gazeuse par les forces d'assaut (munies de masques à gaz) au fur et à mesure de leur avancée"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CS_gas
"The compound 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (also called o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile; chemical formula: C10H5ClN2), a cyanocarbon, is the defining component of tear gas commonly referred to as CS gas, which is used as a riot control agent."
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Hassan Achahbar
Morocco
Local time: 05:52
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CS gas


Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juhayman_al-Otaybi
"French Special Forces provided a special tear gas (CS gas) which prevents aggressiveness and slows down breathing."

French Wikipedia provides the precise chemical composition of the gas
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prise_de_la_Grande_Mosquée_de_...
"des gaz incapacitants CB (du chlorobenzylidène malononitrile) ont été injectés dans leur version liquide jusque dans les souterrains grâce à des trous perforés dans les dalles de béton, et ont été dispersés dans leur version gazeuse par les forces d'assaut (munies de masques à gaz) au fur et à mesure de leur avancée"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CS_gas
"The compound 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (also called o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile; chemical formula: C10H5ClN2), a cyanocarbon, is the defining component of tear gas commonly referred to as CS gas, which is used as a riot control agent."

Hassan Achahbar
Morocco
Local time: 05:52
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 36
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