Biological and Chemical Weapons
Biological and Chemical Weapons | Is the Fear of Biological Terrorism Justified?
Peter Pringle is a journalist who has worked for the London Sunday Times and the Independent. He is also the author of Cornered: Big Tobacco at the Bar of Justice, an account of the major lawsuit settlements against U.S. tobacco companies in 1997.
Summary: Biological terrorist threats are multiplying even though few incidents of such terrorism have actually been carried out. The threats, however, are being taken seriously, especially in the United States where media fascination with new weapons of mass destruction has fueled a...
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- 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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