Biological and Chemical Weapons
Biological and Chemical Weapons | Iraq Still Possesses a Biological and Chemical Arsenal
Bruce B. Auster is a journalist for U.S. News & World Report. Linda Fasulo is an NBC news correspondent to the United Nations.
Summary: Despite the efforts of UN inspectors in the wake of the Gulf War, Iraq maintains chemical and biological weapon delivery systems (mainly missiles and launchers) and stockpiles of chemicals yet unaccounted for. Because biological agents are inexpensive to create, the threat of Iraq quickly rebuilding its chemical and biological arsenal is real and immediate.
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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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