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Ex-Bush Spokesman Blames Iraq Invasion on Faulty WMD Intel
Former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer last Thursday said that valid intelligence on prewar Iraq’s suspected WMD capabilities would likely have prevented the 2003 invasion of the Middle Eastern state, the Idaho Mountain Express reported.
- March 16, 2011
- | Filed under Middle East, North America, Biological Weapons, and Bioterrorism
Libyan rebels put responsibility on US – Washington Times
Mr. Shalgam told US officials the international community would be responsible if Col. Gadhafi's forces attack the residents of the rebel-controlled eastern city of Benghazi with chemical and biological weapons.
- March 14, 2011
- | Filed under Middle East, North America, Biological Weapons, International, and Policy & Initiatives
Iraqi defector “Curve Ball” speaks out – CBS News
The Iraqi defector's fabricated story of mobile biological weapons drove the US argument for invading Iraq. Next Saturday will mark the eighth anniversary of America’s invasion of Iraq. And after all this time, questions still remain as to why the United States launched the war in the first place. The Bush administration said it was Read More »
- March 14, 2011
- | Filed under Middle East, North America, Biological Weapons, and International
Fear of Biological Weapons Grows As Technology Advances – KOMU-TV
With biological weapons, Block said the US needs to be on the defense. Technology has vastly grown to a point where any lab with any funding can reproduce viruses such as Smallpox in the form of a biological weapon. Viruses, like Smallpox, are harmful
- March 11, 2011
- | Filed under North America and Biological Weapons
Middle East Unrest Could Harm WMD-Free Zone Talks
“We see it as a give-and-take process,” Abdel Aziz said. “At the same time that Israel will join the NPT, we will join the [Biological Weapons Convention and Chemical Weapons Convention]. It’s a parallel process requiring progress on all three fronts.” Egypt and Syria have both signed but not ratified the biological weapons treaty. Neither Read More »
- March 10, 2011
- | Filed under Middle East, Biological Weapons, International, and Policy & Initiatives