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By Category: Bioterrorism

Powder Mailings Sent to Israeli Embassies

(Global Security Newswire) Israeli embassies and consulates at six U.S. and European locations have received mailings marked “anthrax” that carried a nontoxic white powder, Agence France-Presse reported on Tuesday. The envelopes arrived at Israeli embassies in London,The Hague, Netherlands, and Brussels, Belgium, AFP quoted Israeli news reports as saying. Consulates in New York, Houston and Read More »

January 25, 2012
| Filed under Europe, Middle East, North America, Agents & Toxins, Bioterrorism, and International
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Flu Researcher Ron Fouchier: ‘It’s a Pity That It Has to Come to This’

(Science AAAS) How much bioterrorism have we seen in the past? What are the chances that bioterrorists will recreate these viruses? And is it really true that publication of this research would give bioterrorists or rogue nations an advantage? …

January 23, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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European Union to Fund Global Efforts Against WMD Materials Trafficking

(Global Security Newswire) The European Union in coming years will provide $387 million for international efforts to prevent the smuggling of WMD materials, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday. Bruno Dupre of the EU European External Action Service noted the financial support during a conference in Nairobi, Kenya, on highlighting the threat posed by Read More »

January 23, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Syrian Chemical, Biological Arms Worry Israel

(Global Security Newswire) A high-level Israeli armed forces officer on Tuesday said his country was alarmed over the fate of Syria’s chemical and biological warfare stocks after the potential fall of the Assad regime, Agence France-Presse reported. “The question is when, not if” the Assad government is brought down by continued protest efforts, Israeli armed Read More »

January 19, 2012
| Filed under Middle East, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and International
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The Risks of Dangerous Research

(Scientist) While debriefing Popov, Larsen learned that the Soviet Union had active programs to weaponize Legionnaire’s disease, Ebola, smallpox, and HIV. And now, with biotechnology continuing to advance, even a small, but determined terrorist group or an …