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	'Dr. Germ' built Iraq's stockpiles of deadly bioweapons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		During her bioweapons career, the plain-looking and normally mild-mannered Taha has overseen the production of at least 130,000 gallons of anthrax and botulinum toxin -- germs so deadly that a drop of either could kill a person.
		In earlier inspections, U.N. personnel found videotapes of the hideous deaths of mice, monkeys, beagles and donkeys exposed to the toxins under her watch, and came to suspect, though they never found proof, that the killer germs were tested on humans as well.
		According to former inspectors, Iraqi defectors and bioweapon analysts, Taha's expertise was in tobacco diseases but she was tapped to be a scientist at the newly opened al-Muthanna weapons research center north of Baghdad.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /national/98189_drgerm03.shtml (652 words)

	WMD, Terrorism, Russian Bioweapons Facilities Poor Security- Johnson's Russia List 6-18-02
		David Kelly, a British bioweapons expert who was among the first Western scientists to visit the factory, recalled his initial shock at finding bunkers filled with row after row of incubators that collectively held tens of thousands of hen eggs.
		Ken Alibek, the former Biopreparat deputy director who helped expose the Soviet Union's secret bioweapons programs when he defected to the United States in 1992, said Pokrov's official role as a vaccine factory was a perfect cover for one of the biggest virus mills in the Soviet Union.
		The former bioweapons complex known as Vector is now ringed by three brand-new fences and a network of the latest Western-made cameras and motion sensors.
	www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/6313-15.cfm (2722 words)

	The Hindu : Bioweapons: a potential threat of mass destruction
		American intelligence agencies ongoing investigations have revealed that bioweapons have emerged as a global threat like the barbaric attack on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon.
		Anthrax — A staple of bioweapons arsenals for decades, the bacterium bacillus anthracis might be engineered to resist antibiotics.
		The United States is developing a range of measures to counter bioweapons and seems intent on relying on these defences rather than backing the convention.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2001/10/23/stories/13230291.htm (1779 words)

	Bioweapons (Was: Gene Therapy)
		And as Deborah pointed out, probably one of the most effective possible bioweapons attacks would not be on animals at all, but rather at the food supply, particularly grains.
		Bioweapons make great fictional thrillers, but simply aren't a practical way to destabilize and demoralize a large, industrialized country.
		A bioweapon that can be wiped out by a heat spell, or a cold snap, or by watering at more or less frequent intervals, isn't all that useful.
	www.simegen.com /pipermail/simegen-l/Week-of-Mon-20000501/001533.html (17367 words)

	Dead And Missing Scientists, Armageddon, Genetic Bioweapons And The Return Of The Lost Tribes Of Israel
		I believe these scientists were unaware of their participation in the developing of a genetic bioweapon that will wipe out as much as one third of the population on planet earth.
		In essence, a doomsday bioweapon can be released with a guarantee that the genetic code of certain individuals, and the virus itself, will protect these individuals from infection.
		It has been stated throughout the Bible that when the lost 10 tribes of Israel return to their homeland to fight and win the battle of Armadeddon and Solomon's temple is rebuilt, the return of the Messiah and end of the world as we know it will be at hand.
	www.rense.com /general18/returb.htm (1247 words)

	Back to bioweapons? \| thebulletin.org
		Perhaps this decision follows from secret policy responding to known instances of bioweapons proliferation, or perhaps from a convergent belief in the biothreat among those with policy responsibility in different agencies.
		The U.S belief that bioweapons proliferation is unstoppable, paired with its long-standing belief that its security is based on technological superiority, may very well lead to the exploration of biotech applied to bioweapons development, with serious implications for arms control.
		And although stronger than its bioweapons brother, the treaty has weaknesses--namely, allowing the use of chemical weapons like tear gas in law enforcement and riot control, a loophole that some read as permitting the use of other, more dangerous, chemical agents.
	www.thebulletin.org /issues/2003/jf03/jf03wheelis.html (3501 words)

	Experts Say U.S. Never Spoke to Source of Tip On Bioweapons (washingtonpost.com)
		The Bush administration's prewar assertion that Saddam Hussein had a fleet of mobile labs that could produce bioweapons rested largely on information from an Iraqi defector working with another government who was never interviewed by U.S. intelligence officers, according to current and former senior intelligence officials and congressional experts who have studied classified documents.
		CIA Director George J. Tenet is expected to face questions today about the alleged mobile bioweapons fleet and other elements of Hussein's weapons of mass destruction programs when he appears in a closed session of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
		CIA officials reviewing the bioweapons intelligence say that the engineer who provided the original tip never dealt directly with U.S. intelligence agencies, and that he passed along the information through a foreign intelligence service, which they refuse to name.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A31591-2004Mar4& (1084 words)

	Genetic Bullets - Ethnically Specific Bioweapons
		Unlike genetically specific bioweapons, the absolute feasibility of such a ban is suspect.
		Indeed, if the experts are correct and genetically specific bioweapons can be developed for a mere $50 million, it puts them well within the reach of well-funded terrorists such as Osama bin Laden who already has expressed a desire to eliminate at least two groups, Israelis and Americans.
		Perhaps most ominously, the "science" of genetically specific bioweapons is still in its infancy and no one knows if breakthroughs might reduce the cost of their production to the point that small and extremely malevolent groups such as the neo-Nazis may attempt to bring about a new Final Solution.
	www.rense.com /general18/spbio.htm (879 words)

	US Army Patents Biological Weapons Delivery System,
		This is in violation of the Biological Weapons Convention, which explicitly prohibits development of bioweapons delivery devices.
		The Army is fully aware of its obligations under the BWC, yet a new bioweapons device was patented.
		The Pentagon now considers bioweapons work that has been off limits for three decades to be acceptable - if the word “non-lethal” is appended.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article3312.htm (520 words)

	Issues in S and T, Spring 2005, Bioweapons
		He says that faulty threat assessments are legion, that the bioweapons problem is larger and more complex than the focus on bioterrorism suggests, and that current U.S. policies are making the problem worse.
		Leitenberg agrees that terrorists are interested in bioweapons, but he concludes from a detailed review of the evidence that there is little or no trend indicating that terrorist capabilities are improving.
		The countries participating in the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) have failed to seriously confront the bioweapons problem, first by failing to enforce compliance with the convention in the face of strong suspicions and even clear evidence of violations, and second by failing to develop better preventive measures, including a strong BWC verification protocol.
	www.issues.org /issues/21.3/br_pearson.html (2049 words)

	Bioweapons, bioterrorism and biodiversity: potential impacts of biological weapons attacks on agricultural and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bioweapons, bioterrorism and biodiversity: potential impacts of biological weapons attacks on agricultural and biological diversity
		Bioweapon uses have historically been directed primarily, although not exclusively, against human populations.
		Failures in the detection and containment of bioweapon and emerging disease outbreaks among populations of wildlife and indigenous peoples in developing countries could result in severe erosion of genetic diversity in local and regional populations of both wild and domestic animals, the extinction of endangered species and the extirpation of indigenous peoples and their cultures.
	www.oie.int /eng/publicat/rt/2101/A_R2118.htm (216 words)

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		Paris - An international rapid-reaction unit to investigate bioweapons incidents is being discussed this week at a meeting in Geneva of the parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
		The proposed rapid-reaction unit, for example, which is being championed by Britain, would be limited to fact-finding missions after an alleged bioweapons incident had taken place.
		This week's meeting is one of three annual summits intended to keep discussion on bioweapons alive before the next major negotiations on the BWC in 2006.
	www.nature.com /news/2004/041206/pf/432662b_pf.html (443 words)

	Bioweapons treaty - still a good idea \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Bush team argues that because the equipment and materials used to make bioweapons are also used for legitimate civilian purposes, the convention's ban can't be verified.
		We also believed, however, that we had an obligation to try to strengthen the prohibition against developing and producing biological weapons, given that most of the dozen or so countries pursuing bioweapons capabilities - including states like North Korea, Iran, and Iraq - are parties to the convention.
		It provides for on-site activities: random visits to promote accurate declarations, clarification visits to address questions about the declaration that aren't resolved through consultations, and challenge investigations to pursue concerns that a country is developing, producing, or using bioweapons.
	www.csmonitor.com /2001/0824/p11s3-coop.html (664 words)

	The Next Worst Thing
		Late last year, for example, Takafuji and other public-health officials were caught by surprise when an American virologist, Mark Buller, revealed that he was working on ways of creating a more deadly form of mousepox, a relative of smallpox, and was considering similar work on cowpox, which can infect humans.
		In another project that has raised eyebrows among bioweapons experts, a U.S. Army medical scientist in Maryland has been seeking to bring back to life key parts of the 1918 Spanish flu, a lethal influenza virus that killed 40 million people worldwide.
		To many observers, the statement indicated that the United States is moving toward a pre-emptive approach, attempting to beat terrorists to the punch by being the first to produce novel pathogens.
	www.motherjones.com /news/outfront/2004/03/02_400.html (971 words)

	NOVA Online \| Bioterror \| Global Guide to Bioweapons (non-Flash)
		Bioweapons status: Known to be actively researching biological agents but not known to have successfully weaponized germs
		Bioweapons status: Known to be actively conducting biological weapons defense research
		Bioweapons status: Known to be conducting research towards offensive bioweapons
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/bioterror/glob_nf.html (379 words)

	BioWeapons Prevention Project (BWPP)
		The Pentagon built a sophisticated bioweapons plant from commercially available materials, to test, it said, whether terrorists could do the same without detection.
		American officials argue the bioweapons pact is an "intent treaty," violated only if the intent is to make arms for offensive use.
		The BioWeapons Prevention Project is dedicated to reinforcing the norm against the weaponization of disease.
	www.bwpp.org /press/030818-ap.html (427 words)

	Issues in S and T, Spring 1999, Bioweapons from Russia: Stemming the Flow
		This drastic downsizing raised fears that former Soviet bioweapons experts, suffering economic hardship, might be recruited by outlaw states or terrorist groups.
		Third, bioweapons scientists could be selling access to, or copies of, sensitive documents related to BW production and techniques for creating weapons.
		Because a seed culture of dried anthrax spores could be carried in a sealed plastic vial the size of a thumbnail, detecting such contraband at a border is almost impossible.
	www.issues.org /15.3/p_tucker.htm (2824 words)

	The Scientist :: Doctors discuss bioweapons, Oct. 9, 2002
		The talks were intended to advise physicians attending from 27 nations on the state of the threat and to help national medical associations form their own policies regarding bioterrorism.
		John Steinbruner, a professor of public policy at the University of Maryland, reminded the audience that the same science that leads to better therapies can be used to craft pathogenic bioweapons—and that more rigorous regulations on such research are needed.
		Other scientific sessions at the WMA meeting included "Epidemic Response to Bioweapons and Infectious Diseases" featuring CDC director Julie Gerberding, and David Walker, a professor of pathology at the University of Texas.
	www.biomedcentral.com /news/20021009/06 (546 words)

	village voice > news > U.S. Military Proposes Illegal Bioweapons Research by Russ Kick
		May 10th, 2002 12:00 PM According to documents unearthed by a nonprofit government watchdog, the United States military has proposed the development of biological weapons that would violate international treaties and federal law.
		Using the Freedom of Information Act, the Sunshine Project has recently pried loose some damning documents from the Marine Corps, which seems to be overseeing this area of research.
		(Under the treaty, bioweapons can only be developed for defensive purposes, which is what lets the U.S. government brew anthrax with the supposed goal of developing a vaccine.) The U.S. was one of the original signatories, putting its John Hancock on the treaty in 1972.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/0220/kick.php (498 words)

	TAP: Web Feature: Undermining International Bioweapons Controls. by Madeline Drexler. October 10, 2001. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This summer, the Bush administration wiped out years of work on the protocol by being the only signatory nation to reject the draft text, on the grounds that surprise inspections could threaten national security or reveal drug companies' commercial secrets.
		That decision, while roundly and appropriately criticized, reveals a central dilemma: Virtually all the agents and equipment needed to make bioweapons are also needed for legitimate medical and industrial purposes.
		This article may not be resold, reprinted, or redistributed for compensation of any kind without prior written permission from the author.
	www.prospect.org /webfeatures/2001/10/drexler-m-10-10.html (644 words)

	washingtonpost.com
		It seems to me that Russia still tries to justify they're bioweapons research by saying the U.S. is. But Russia has been doing it for decades.
		Ken Alibek: WHO would be able to determine whether or not this is a bioweapon if China permits knowledgeable experts to come to China for a thorough examination.
		Dallas, Tex.: A published analysis of the anthrax mailed to government and media in Oct. 2001 shows unambiguously that silicon dioxide was present on the surface of the spores.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/liveonline/03/special/world/sp_iraq_alibek033103.htm (3753 words)

	Preventing future bioweapons risks
		As a result of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the discontinuation of its bioweapons program, many of the scientists have suffered financial hardship, exacerbating the concern that they may resort to working for rogue states or for terrorist groups.
		Despite the low probability that a given individual will take it upon himself to actually produce and use a bioweapon, the probability one or more people engaged in biodefense work will eventually do so is increasing due to the sheer force of numbers.
		If Congress ever decides to cut funding for biodefense research dramatically, its decision will result in what we now worry about in the former Soviet Union: thousands of unemployed or underemployed scientists who are financially and personally finding it difficult to care for themselves and their families.
	www.ph.ucla.edu /epi/bioter/prevfuturebiorisks.html (727 words)

	CRG -- US Policy Risks undermining: Bioweapons Control Regime
		Regardless of their effectiveness in destroying drugs crops, the use of biological agents may prove to produce more threats than they eliminate, such as wreaking havoc on the legal agricultural sectors of target areas.
		Furthermore, Washington's refusal to consider the negative aspects of biological agents has given the impression that it is merely using the war on drugs to justify its own bioweapons research - confirmed by the fact that the USA wants to maintain national control over its own bioweapon projects.
		It is possible, therefore, that 2001 will turn out to be the year that a verification agreement falls apart instead of setting a stronger BTWC and further demonstrates the failure among major powers to reach an agreement in another sensitive international issue, this time the use of biological weapons.
	www.globalresearch.ca /articles/MAK110A.html (2428 words)

	A Costly Way to Search for Bioweapons - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The official American grievance against Saddam Hussein, it once seemed, was that he would not permit the weapons inspections mandated by the United Nations after the Persian Gulf war.
		After all, this very elusiveness of bioweapons means that it is hard to dismiss from afar any suspicion that a nation is making them.
		But at least it would be an approach to controlling bioweapons that did not involve starting war on an annual basis.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/iraq/unmovic/2002/0820regime.htm (1177 words)

	Anthrax Suspect Trained U.S. Team on Bioweapons
		The disclosure of Hatfill's work on secret bioweapons projects casts new light on the government's investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks, which killed five people and sickened 17 others.
		Hatfill was among an exclusive group of biological weapons experts whose skills attracted the attention of the Pentagon, which needed instructors as it began to focus seriously on the hunt for bioweapons in Iraq, and the FBI, which was looking for people able to carry out the anthrax attacks.
		As an employee of the SAIC, stationed in McLean and in Joppa, Md., Hatfill worked partly as a bioweapons and counterterrorism trainer who designed realistic scenarios that could be used to prepare troops, government inspectors and first responders for encounters with biological and chemical agents.
	www.ph.ucla.edu /epi/bioter/antraxsuspecttrain.html (1233 words)

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