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South Korea Announces Biodefense Exercise

(Global Security Newswire) South Korea said on Friday it would collaborate with the United States in an exercise next week aimed at assessing their capacity to respond to intentional or natural disease outbreaks, Kyodo News reported. Roughly 190 individuals representing 50 U.S. and South Korean government organizations are due to participate in the four-day “Able Read More »

May 11, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Biological Weapons, Countermeasures, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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WMD Defense Bill Gets House Panel Endorsement

(Global Security Newswire ) The U.S. House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday endorsed without opposition a bill designed to bolster federal efforts to counter biological terrorism and other WMD threats. The “WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2011” would authorize appointment of a special assistant to the president for biodefense; require a U.S. policy for Read More »

May 11, 2012
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, and Policy & Initiatives
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Remotely Piloted Aircraft Could Disperse Bioweapon at Olympics

(Global Security Newswire) A high-level British army official has said it would be “feasible” for an extremist to employ a miniature, remotely piloted airplane to disperse a dangerous biological agent over London as the Summer Olympics take place, the Daily Mail reported on Saturday. “An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can be put in a backpack. Read More »

May 8, 2012
| Filed under Europe, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and Public Health
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Al-Qaeda Magazine Urges Chemical, Biological Strikes Against Foes

(Global Security Newswire) A recent edition of magazine published by the Yemen branch of al-Qaeda urges adherents to launch biological and chemical attacks against its the terrorist organization’s enemies, CNN reported on Wednesday. The Inspire article is the posthumously published product of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki, who died alongside magazine editor Samir Khan Read More »

May 4, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Middle East, North America, Biological Weapons, and Bioterrorism
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Malaysia Advancing Work on Anti-Bioweapons Bill

(Global Security Newswire) Malaysian legislation to prohibit development and stockpiling of biological weapons within the nation has been drafted and is to be presented for government feedback next week, the Sun Daily newspaper reported. The domestic legislation is to be examined in a Defense Ministry hearing on Tuesday. “We will be going into the details (of Read More »