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CDC advises travelers to Uganda to take steps to prevent Ebola

(Examiner) In light of the current outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in western Uganda, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice offering prevention measures to avoid contracting the rare, but deadly virus. According to the CDC travel notice issued Wednesday, as of Tuesday, July 31, the current situation in Uganda is the death  Read More »

‘Israel Will Go to War if Hizbullah Gets Chemical Weapons’

(Arutz Sheva) Israel is prepared to intervene militarily if Hizbullah gets a hold of Assad’s chemical weapons, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned in Brussels on Tuesday. “In the moment we see that the Syrians transfer chemical and biological weapons to Hizbullah, this is a red line for us and from our point of view it‘s  Read More »

Syrian Rebels Claim Regime is Sending Chemical Arms to Borders

(Global Security Newswire) Syrian opposition forces on Tuesday claimed the Assad regime was transporting chemical arms to the nation’s borders, one day after Damascus warned it was prepared to use the weapons of mass destruction against foreign aggressors. The Free Syrian Army said the effort was aimed at coercing foreign nations into staying out of  Read More »

Insight: Assad chemical weapons plans blocked by Moscow

(Reuters) – Increasingly under pressure by rebels intent on unseating him, Bashar al-Assad has considered using chemical weapons against his enemies but Washington and Moscow have formed an unlikely alliance to force him to abandon such plans. Analysts and diplomats across the region and beyond do not doubt that the Assad government, recoiling from a  Read More »

It’s time to get serious about chemical and biological preparedness

(Government Security News) In Washington, attention has shifted from the daily grind towards a hyper-partisan presidential campaign. Battle lines are sharply cast between Republican challenger, Governor Mitt Romney, and the incumbent, President Barack Obama. While all eyes are on the economy, national security challenges abound. Obama’s killing of Bin Laden and targeting terrorists with Predator  Read More »

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