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| | CNS - CBW: Past Use |
 | | Though American troops were exposed to gas during earlier attacks, this offensive was important because it was the first use of projected shells targeted directly at U.S. forces. |
 | | SIPRI, The Rise of CB Weapons, 155-6; The History Place, "Holocaust Timeline" (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html#1942); Eugen Kogon, The Theory and Practice of Hell: The German Concentration Camps and the System Behind Them, trans. |
 | | USAMRIID, "History of Biological Warfare." Though ricin is prohibited under the BWC as a toxin, it is also a chemical compound as classified under the Schedule 1 list of prohibited chemicals of the CWC, see Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Web Site, "A List of Schedule 1 Chemicals" (http://www.opcw.nl/cwc/schedul1.htm). |
| cns.miis.edu /research/cbw/pastuse.htm (1994 words) |
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