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Cuba Reiterates Importance on Biological Weapons Convention

(Radio Cadena Agramonet) Geneva, Jul 19.- Cuba has insisted here in the importance of the strengthening and implementation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), whose objective is to prevent the development and proliferation of those arsenals. Addressing a BTWC meeting, Cuba representative Juan Antonio Quintanilla explained some actions his country has implemented to Read More »

July 19, 2012
| Filed under South America, Biological Weapons, and Policy & Initiatives
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Criminals and Terrorists in a Borderless, Technological Arms Race

(Forbes) At TEDGlobal 2012 in Scotland last month, Marc Goodman of Silicon Valley’s Singularity University delivered an inspired, yet potentially frightening look at how rapidly advancing technologies are changing our world. Not only is technology enabling unprecedented advances that let us live longer and better, but it is also at the core of fueling the Read More »

July 16, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, and Biological Weapons
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Israel Preparing for Action in Syria, Says Former Mossad Chief

(Arutz Sheva) Former Mossad chief Danny Yatom said on Thursday that Israel is preparing for the possibility of military action in Syria, in case its chemical weapons were to end up in the hands of Hizbullah or other terrorist organizations in the region. Yatom spoke to the British Sky News, which reported that Israel is Read More »

July 13, 2012
| Filed under Middle East and Biological Weapons
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Syria’s Chemical Secret: Israel Raises Alarm

Orange UK News – Hundreds of tonnes of Syria’s stockpile of deadly nerve gas could fall into the hands of terrorist groups if the regime of Bashar al Assad falls apart amid widening concerns that Israel could go to war to try to stop this ‘Doomsday threat’. According to Middle Eastern and other intelligence sources, Read More »

July 11, 2012
| Filed under Europe, Middle East, and Biological Weapons
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Syria Faces Heightened Canadian Penalties

(Global Security Newswire) Canada on Friday announced new penalties against the Syrian government that include a ban on the sale of materials that could support manufacturing of biological and chemical warfare materials. The Assad regime is widely believed to hold a sizable stockpile of mustard and nerve agents, along with missiles and other means of Read More »