Highlights • US labs handling deadly bioagents has increased in the past five years • Matching this growth, the number of accidents with bioagents has also risen • Security vulnerabilities and …
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Recent months have witnessed the advent of a new tactic implemented by insurgents in Iraq: the use of chemical suicide bombs. With a greater spectrum of effects, both physical and psychological, …
The Pentagon is seeking “non-traditional” commercial suppliers of chemical and biological defense products. Of particular interest are vaccines, long-range sensors that can detect unknown deadly …
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In 2002, North Korea admitted that it had a secret uranium-enrichment program and that it was withdrawing from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. North Korea turned off all monitoring equipment at …
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Initiatives designed to expand NATO's capabilities are helping the alliance to better confront 21st-century challenges such as global terrorism, the U.S. military's top civilian said here today. For …
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By Douglas J. Gillert American Forces Press Service SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Terrorists in the years ahead will become less politically motivated and more attuned to religious, fanatical zealotry. …
Remarks by Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Philip C. Wilcox. Jr. before the Denver Council on Foreign Relations, Denver, Colorado, September 12, 1996. Mr. Chairman, Members and Guests …
Chapter 9 of the U.S. Department of Defense's 1997 Annual Defense Report The number and lethality of international terrorist incidents directed against U.S. interests increased last year. The …
Top administration officials intend to announce in June or July a comprehensive plan for defending the nation against biological warfare. Senior officials are hoping that by then they can offer enough …
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