Biological and Chemical Weapons
Biological and Chemical Weapons | The Chemical Weapons Convention Is Unenforceable
Frank J. Gaffney Jr. held senior positions in the Department of Defense under President Ronald Reagan. He is currently the Director of the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C. He was aided in the preparation of this document by Douglas J. Feith, a member of the Center’s board of advisers, and Tryfan Evans, an associate at the Center.
Summary: Ratified by the U.S. Senate in 1997 after years of debate, the Chemical Weapons Convention treaty (CWC) is a hollow piece of international legislation that contains no effective measures for banning...
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Table of Contents
- Biological Weapons Are a Serious Threat
- Is the Fear of Biological Terrorism Justified?
- Terrorists Would Be Unlikely to Use Biological or Chemical Weapons
- Countermeasures to Biological and Chemical Terrorism Warrant Government Funding
- The Media Direct U.S. Policy Regarding Biological and Chemical Weapons
- An Attempt to Destroy Chemical Weapons Goes Awry
- Decreasing U.S. Intervention Overseas Will Reduce the Threat of Terrorist Attacks
- The Migration of Russian Biological Weapons Experts Is a Serious Threat
- A Nuclear Arsenal Is Needed to Counter a Biological Weapons Threat
- The Chemical Weapons Convention Is Unenforceable
- Local Governments’ Responses to Biological and Chemical Terrorism
- Unearthing the Truth
- Iraq Still Possesses a Biological and Chemical Arsenal
- The Biological and Chemical Weapons in Iraq’s Arsenal
- The U.S. Supplied Iraq with Biological and Chemical Weapons’ Materials
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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