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Bioweapons Pact Members to Discuss Attack Response

Signatories to the Biological Weapons Convention are set to meet next week in Geneva, Switzerland, for an annual meeting expected to focus on providing aid and coordinating with outside agencies in the event of a biological weapons incident, according to a United Nations press release (see GSN, Nov. 29). During the five-day gathering, BWC member Read More »

December 3, 2010
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Indian Doctors to Train for WMD Response

Indian medical workers are to receive training from the government’s Defense Research and Development Organization on responding to a WMD attack, the Indian Express reported yesterday (see GSN, Nov. 4). The DRDO Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences is expanding its training efforts on dealing with chemical, biological, nuclear or radiological weapons strikes to Read More »

November 23, 2010
| Filed under South Asia, Biological Weapons, and Countermeasures
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NATO Experts Discuss WMD Terror Countermeasures

NATO this week hosted discussions by roughly 50 experts on preparations for dealing with terrorist attacks involving chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons (see GSN, Aug. 5). The three-day session that began Tuesday in the Czech city of Brno offered participants the opportunity to exchange knowledge on WMD “resources” available to extremists and on equipment Read More »

October 15, 2010
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, and Biological Weapons
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Extremists Warn of Biological Strike in India

An extremist entity indicated it would carry out a biological strike on the Indian state of Assam if its backers were not released within 24 hours, Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency reported yesterday (see GSN, Sept. 3, 2008).