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	Weapons of mass destruction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or propelling the weapon where such means is a separable and divisible part of the weapon.
		Weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear weapons, are rarely used because their use is essentially an "invitation" for a WMD retaliation, which in turn could escalate into a war so destructive it could easily destroy huge segments of the world's population.
		Weapons of mass destruction are used to justify the Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive strikes against "rogue states" thought to be in danger of possessing or developing them.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Weapons_of_mass_destruction (3119 words)

	United States and weapons of mass destruction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Federal Government of the United States is known to possess three types of weapons of mass destruction: nuclear weapons, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
		The primary chemical weapon storage facilities in the U.S. are Umatilla Chemical Depot in Oregon, Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado, Newport Chemical Depot in Indiana, Blue Grass Chemical Activity in Kentucky, Anniston Chemical Activity in Alabama [7], Pine Bluff Chemical Activity in Arkansas and Deseret Chemical Depot in Utah.
		Nuclear weapons have twice been deployed in wartime: two nuclear weapons were used by the United States against Japan in World War II in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction (1888 words)

	Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Continuing Debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Lee suggested that the possession of weapons of mass destruction might be permissible as long as they are capable of being used with discrimination.
		United States disarmament is especially necessary as an example for other nations not to arm themselves, to remove the motivation of other states to have weapons of mass destruction, and to support the international regime for disarmament.
		Peach stated that the cost of development in the United States of weapons of mass destruction is now too high for a policy of deterrence, given that the United States has many other pressing domestic concerns, such as homelessness and health care.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /offices/comm/csj/050401/weapons.shtml (730 words)

	Weapons of Mass Destruction and Iraq - Council on Foreign Relations
		Nevertheless, the United States did go to war on a false premise and deposed Saddam and now 1,600 and more American dead and many thousands of Iraqi casualties later, the United States is still struggling to help Iraqis establish democracy there.
		The WMD Commission, or more formally, the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction, expounded and expanded on these themes in its report, which was issued just this last March 31st.
		There was a case clearly where Saddam at one point elected to have weapons of mass destruction and use them; at another point he elected not to; and at a future point, he may make another decision.
	www.cfr.org /publication.html?id=8157 (6946 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: United States: Profile
		As one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the United States maintains a sizeable arsenal of nearly 10,000 nuclear warheads, of which nearly 6,000 are operational and the remainder in reserve or inactive stockpiles.
		The United States ratified the Geneva Protocol in 1975, with the reservation that the treaty not apply to defoliants and riot control agents such as were used in Vietnam and Laos during the Vietnam War.
		Currently, the United States has what is believed to be the world's second largest stockpile of chemical weapons, including bombs, rockets, and artillery shells that are loaded with lewisite, mustard, sarin, soman, VX, or binary nerve agents.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/USA (1732 words)

	United States Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction
		UNSC 1540 requires states to refrain from providing support to non-state actors attempting to develop, acquire, manufacture, possess, transport, transfer or use chemical, biological or nuclear weapons and their means of delivery.
		It requires states to adopt and enforce effective laws prohibiting nonstate actors from pursuing weapons of mass destruction.
		It also requires states to take and enforce effective domestic measures to prevent the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons and their means of delivery, including by establishing appropriate controls over related material development and maintainence of physical protection measures, border controls, and national export and transshipment controls.
	usinfo.state.gov /xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=January&x=200501131903201CJsamohT0.4230005&t=xarchives/xarchitem.html (1706 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| In quotes: US policy on Iraq
		Although we have not found stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, we were right to go into Iraq...
		We removed a declared enemy of America, who had the capability of producing weapons of mass destruction and could have passed that capability to terrorists bent on acquiring them....
		He claims to have no chemical or biological weapons, yet we know he continues to hide biological and chemical weapons, moving them to different locations as often as every 12 to 24 hours, and placing them in residential neighbourhoods.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/3433613.stm (887 words)

	Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In testimony given to the Senate Armed Services Committee on January 28, 2004, David Kay, who first headed the Iraq Survey Group, stated that there was a failure of intelligence in the prewar assessment of Iraq's capability to produce, and their possession of, Weapons of Mass Destruction.
		In November of 2004, McCain called CIA employees who publically had stated their preference John Kerry over George W. Bush in the upcoming election, and also stated that they believed the Agency's intelligence reports had been misused, and that these beliefs had not been properly investigated; were part of a "rogue' and "dysfunctional" organization.
		The United States only officially spurned Pakistan in 1999 after Pervez Musharraf displaced the democratic government in a coup, and installed himself as ruler.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Commission_on_the_Intelligence_Capabilities_of_the_United_States_Regarding_Weapons_of_Mass_Destruction (2716 words)

	Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
		The technical challenges for the collection and analysis of intelligence on weapons of mass destruction programs -- especially concerning programs carried out by rogue states and terrorist organizations -- are even more difficult and more complex than at any time in the past.
		Evaluate the challenges of obtaining information regarding the design, development, manufacture, acquisition, possession, proliferation, transfer, testing, potential or threatened use, or use of weapons of mass destruction, related means of delivery, and other related threats of the 21st Century in closed societies.
		Compare the intelligence community's intelligence concerning weapons of mass destruction programs and other related threats of the 21st Century in Libya prior to its recent decision to open its programs to international scrutiny, and in Afghanistan prior to removal of the Taliban government with the current assessments of organizations presently examining those programs.
	www.state.gov /t/isn/rls/fs/29153.htm (634 words)

	G-8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction
		The United States would agree in advance to waive collection of a given amount of debt payments owed by the Russian government to the United States government on Russia's Soviet-era debt.
		While Russia has been devoting its own resources to the destruction and control of dangerous materials, budget pressures have made it difficult to proceed with these tasks as fast as the Russian leadership and we believe is necessary.
		The United States is committed to continuing and expanding our current non-proliferation programs in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and other former Soviet states, and we encourage our G-7 partners to expand their own efforts there.
	www.state.gov /e/rls/rm/2002/12190.htm (1692 words)

	United States Arsenal
		The key advantage of these weapons is that they are essentially invulnerable, and, according to the General Accounting Office, there are no technologies in sight that will threaten them.
		In Cold War terms, during a crisis, an enemy might fear that a counterforce strike from these highly accurate weapons might cripple their forces, and the enemy might be tempted to strike first.
		However, nearly all have been removed and are slated for destruction, largely as a result of President Bush's unilateral initiative of September 27, 1991.
	www.cdi.org /issues/nukef&f/database/usnukes.html (5547 words)

	Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
		The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction ceased operations and closed its office on May 27, 2005.
		After a year of study that included the review of thousands of documents and hundreds of interviews with knowledgeable observers from both within and outside the intelligence community, the Commission presented its report to the President on March 31, 2005.
		Report to the President of the United States, March 31, 2005
	www.wmd.gov /about.html (119 words)

	Publications: Weapons of Mass Destruction
		The National Military Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) is derived from the Department of Defense's mission to dissuade, deter, and defeat those who seek to harm the United States, its allies, and partners through WMD use or the threat of their use and, if attacked, to mitigate the effects and restore deterrence.
		This report presents a country-by-country account of the acquisition of technology relating to weapons of mass destruction and advanced conventional munitions during the second half of 2001.
		It outlines potential weapons of mass destruction that could be used by terrorists, identifies a list of groups designated by the U.S. Secretary of State as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, and provides a historical timeline of terrorist events.
	www.counterterrorismtraining.gov /pubs/11.html (5045 words)

	Russia, United States, Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		With an anthrax scare sweeping the United States in the wake of the launch of the strikes on Afghanistan, the issue of biological and chemical warfare has been on the minds of many.
		Russia, a signatory of the international chemical weapons convention, has said nations which do not sign the pact are promoting terrorism.
		The statement issued by the two leaders also reiterated that a new government in Afghanistan should be formed which would have good relations with its neighbours and the rest of the world.
	www.cdi.org /russia/Johnson/5502-1.cfm (554 words)

	Space Weapons (Index)
		The Bush administration appears to have a serious interest in anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons, and the Pentagon has announced its intention to pursue a testbed for space-based missile defenses by 2008. The testbed deployment would entail putting one or more missile-targeting interceptor satellites into orbit.
		A long-established norm has kept destructive weapons from being stationed in space or being used against space-based targets.
		UCS's project on space weapons is intended to analyze the range of technical issues underlying the development, use, and control of space weapons, and to use this analysis to develop recommendations for US and international policy on these issues.
	www.ucsusa.org /global_security/space_weapons (350 words)

	George W. Bush: Executive Order 13328 - Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States ...
		There is established, within the Executive Office of the President for administrative purposes, a Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (Commission).
		compare the Intelligence Community’s intelligence concerning Weapons of Mass Destruction programs and other related threats of the 21st Century in Libya prior to Libya’s recent decision to open its programs to international scrutiny and in Afghanistan prior to removal of the Taliban government with the current assessments of organizations examining those programs.
		(i) The term "Weapons of Mass Destruction" is given the same meaning as contained in section 1403(1) of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. Sec.
	www.presidency.ucsb.edu /ws/print.php?pid=61423 (932 words)

	US CODE: Title 50,2367. Annual report on threat posed to United States by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic ...
		(1) by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles; and
		(2) by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles.
		(1) Identification of each foreign country and non-State organization that possesses weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles, or cruise missiles, and a description of such weapons and missiles with respect to each such foreign country and non-State organization.
	www.law.cornell.edu /uscode/uscode50/usc_sec_50_00002367----000-.html (307 words)

	[INFOCON] Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		http://www.iwar.org.uk/sigint/resources/wmd-intel/wmd-report.htm ABOUT THE COMMISSION The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction was established by Executive Order 13328, which was signed by the President on February 6, 2004.
		And in other instances, intelligence suggesting the existence of weapons programs was conveyed to senior policymakers, but later information casting doubt upon the validity of that intelligence was not.
		When the October 2002 NIE was written the United States had little human intelligence on Iraq's nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs and virtually no human intelligence on leader-ship intentions.
	www.iwar.org.uk /pipermail/infocon/2005-March/002439.html (1995 words)

	Transmittal Letter of Report on U.S. Intelligence Capabilities and Weapons of Mass Destruction
		With this letter, we transmit the report of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction.
		We conclude that the Intelligence Community was dead wrong in almost all of its pre-war judgments about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
		The FBI is one of the proudest and most independent agencies in the United States Government.
	www.state.gov /p/nea/rls/44055.htm (1166 words)

	Encyklopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It was later bought by the Medici family in 1549: as the official residence of the ruling families of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, it was enlarged and enriched almost continually over the following three centuries.
		In the 19th century, the palazzo, by then a great treasure house, was used as a power base by Napoleon I, and later served for a brief period as the principal royal palace of the newly united Italy.
		In the early 20th century, the palazzo together with its contents was given to the Italian people by the King Victor Emmanuel III, subsequently its doors were opened to the public to serve as one of Florence's largest art galleries.
	encyclopedia.maksiu.info /wiki/United_States_and_weapons_of_mass_destr... (647 words)

	CNN.com - Iraq hits at Bush 'lies' - Oct. 8, 2002
		Bush told Americans the threat of a deadly attack by Iraq on the United States was growing, but insisted military action was not imminent and pledged to build an international coalition against Saddam if he defied demands to disarm.
		Another Iraqi parliamentarian denied that Baghdad possessed any weapons of mass destruction, saying Washington was using that as an excuse to attack Iraq.
		"We have no weapons of mass destruction and the whole world knows that but Bush wants to impose his hegemony on the world and subject Iraq to his rule," said Abdul Aziz Shwaish, head of the finance, trade and planning committee.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/10/08/iraq.bush.reax (429 words)

	United States architecture - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about United States architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		United States Armed Services Center for Research of Unit Records
		United States Army Administration Center (Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN)
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /United+States+architecture (614 words)

	Online NewsHour: Iraq Survey Group Findings Conclude No Weapons of Mass Destruction Existed in Iraq -- April 27, 2005
		The chairmen of the commission that found U.S. intelligence agencies were incorrect about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction discuss their investigation and recommendations for reform.
		The chief U.S. weapons inspector for Iraq reports the country had no weapons of mass destruction in 1996.
		Here is a guy who chose at one point to have weapons of mass destruction and at another point not to, and we wanted to understand what was his thinking behind those two decisions, and I think the report does a good job on that.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june05/duelfer_4-27.html (2024 words)

	Shia News \| Asia \| North Korea rejects warnings from the U.S. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		North Korea rejected warnings from the United States about producing weapons of mass destruction, saying it is now compelled to take unspecified "countermeasures" against what it sees as Washington's hostile policy toward it.
		The spokesman denounced Washington for continuing what was termed the United States' decades-old hostile policy toward North Korea which he claimed was unrelated to the U.S. war on terrorism.
		The North, which is included on a U.S. list of nations that sponsor terrorism, has called the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States "very regrettable and tragic." It also signed two United Nations treaties barring the financing of terrorism and the taking of hostages.
	www.shianews.com /low/asia/news_id/0001476.php (381 words)

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