Pakistani Woman Charged In Attack Aug 5, 2008
Police searched her handbag and discovered documents containing recipes for explosives and chemical weapons and describing "various landmarks in the United States, including New York City," according to the complaint, which did not identify the landmarks. Police also found maps of Ghazni on her, including the provincial governor's compounds and the mosques he prayed in, said governor spokesman Sayed Ismail Jahangir. (Time.com)
Al Qaeda: Weapons expert among dead 'heroes' Aug 4, 2008
(CNN) -- Al Qaeda ended days of speculation Sunday by confirming that one of its chemical weapons experts was killed last week along with three other "heroes," according to a statement posted on a radical Islamist Web site. Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar was among four "heroes" killed last week, an al Qaeda statement says. (CNN -- World)
The Deported Aug 3, 2008
The NYT takes the analytical road, if the military's increase in biological counterterrorism has given more people access to deadly chemical weapons. The and front news that federal officials have underestimated the number of HIV infections in the United States by 40 percent for almost a decade. (Slate)
Scientist in anthrax case said to kill self Aug 2, 2008
Alan Pearson, director of the Biological and Chemical Weapons Control Program at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, urged the FBI to keep investigating. "If Ivins was indeed responsible for the attacks, did he have any assistance? Did anyone else at the Army lab or elsewhere have any knowledge of his activities prior to, during, or shortly after the anthrax attacks?" Pearson asked. (Scientific American)
The World According to Monsanto Aug 2, 2008
Also the fact that a company that has a history of producing chemical weapons is directly/indirectly responsible for producing 80% of all the food grown in North America. That is worrisome. (Toronto Star)
News Stories Aug 2, 2008
Biological and Chemical Weapons Full Coverage on Yahoo. News. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)
U.S. to Expand Domestic Use Of Spy Satellites Jul 31, 2008
Access to the high-tech surveillance tools would, for the first time, allow Homeland Security and law-enforcement officials to see real-time, high-resolution images and data, which would allow them, for example, to identify smuggler staging areas, a gang safehouse, or possibly even a building being used by would-be terrorists to manufacture chemical weapons ... The spy satellites are considered by military experts to be more penetrating than civilian ones: They not only take color, as well as... (Yahoo News -- Law Enforcement)
Official: Al Qaeda chemical expert 'likely killed' Jul 30, 2008
(CNN) -- It is a "near certainty" that an al Qaeda chemical weapons expert was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Pakistan's tribal region, a senior Pakistani official said Tuesday. Reports that Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar was killed in a January 2006 airstrike were false. (CNN -- International)
Arms depot confirms mustard gas leak Jul 30, 2008
- The first mustard gas leak in three years was confirmed Tuesday at a chemical weapons stockpile in Kentucky, less than a month after workers there found a leak inside a separate storage igloo housing a deadly nerve agent ... Craig Williams, executive director of the Kentucky-based watchdog Chemical Weapons Working Group, was highly critical of the Army for its handling of the first sarin leak, particularly what he called a lack of immediate information released to the public ... The timetable... (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
U.S. Approves Visa for Indian Scientist Jul 30, 2008
State Department officials said yesterday that the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi has granted a visa to a prominent Indian scientist who said he was accused of deception and potential links to chemical weapons production when he applied to a U.S. consulate. Goverdhan Mehta said he was told two weeks ago that his visa had been "refused" and that his expertise in chemistry could be a threat to U.S. national security. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)
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Al Qaeda's Mad Scientist May Be Dead Jul 29, 2008
CIA Drone Targeted Chemical Weapons Expert Abu Khabab Al-Masri On Afghanistan-Pakistan Border ... CIA Drone Targeted Chemical Weapons Expert Abu Khabab Al-Masri On Afghanistan-Pakistan Border. (CBS News)
US and Pakistan stress close ties Jul 29, 2008
Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar, a leading chemical weapons expert who the US says trained militants in Afghanistan, was reportedly killed along with six others in South Waziristan in a strike on Monday. It was suspected to be a strike by US forces, but this has not been confirmed. (BBC News)
Al-Qaeda chief 'dies in attack' Jul 29, 2008
An al-Qaeda chemical weapons expert was reportedly killed in a US missile strike yesterday. Taliban officials claimed Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar died with six others in Pakistan. (Mirror.co.uk)
Al-Qaeda chemical expert 'killed' Jul 29, 2008
Reports from Pakistan say a leading al-Qaeda chemical weapons expert, Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar, has been killed in a missile strike. Taleban officials in the tribal area of South Waziristan confirmed to the BBC that he was killed in a missile strike that left at least six people dead. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Anti-United Nations measure stalls in House vote Jul 29, 2008
Or was it before the US began violating international restrictions on: * The use of chemical weapons. (which was admitted following the Gulf war) * The 200 mile limited use of UAV's. (Yahoo News -- United Nations)
Qaeda Bomb Maker Dead? Jul 29, 2008
(CBS/AP) An al Qaeda explosives and chemical weapons expert and a relative of the terror network's No. 2 leader were among four top operatives believed killed in a U.S. missile strike in Pakistan last week, Pakistani security officials said Thursday ... CIA Drone Targeted Chemical Weapons Expert Abu Khabab Al-Masri On Afghanistan-Pakistan Border. (CBS News -- World)
Bacteria Fight Back: Biofilms Use Chemical Weapons To Neutralize Or Kill Attacking Amoebae Jul 26, 2008
The scientists are now publishing their findings in the PLoS One, together with colleagues from Australia, Great Britain and the USA -- the discovery being that biofilm bacteria use chemical weapons to defend themselves ... The bacteria utilise chemical weapons to achieve this. (Science Daily)
Letters to the Editor (July 22) Jul 26, 2008
" [After my last article, one sniveling neocon after another wrote me to tell me I was unqualified to assess defense matters because I wasn't a "defense analyst" (never mind that the article wasn't on the war, and the "real" defense experts made one wrong prediction after another on this war). It's interesting how these sniveling Frumsters cheer on the college-uneducated Hannity and Limbaugh when they make defense analyses supporting the neocon view. I do know enough to say that the informed... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Balance Problems? Step Into The IShoe Jul 25, 2008
19, 2006) Testing soldiers to see if they have been exposed to biological or chemical weapons could soon be much faster and easier, thanks to MIT researchers who are helping to develop a tiny diagnostic device. . (Science Daily)
Getting it right Jul 22, 2008
Bill Arthur wrote on Jul 21, 2008 6:43 PM:" It is nice to live in a fairy tale world where everybody is good, but when you have a leader of a nation that uses poison gas on his own people and those of another country and who has in his possession rockets capable of hitting Israel with those chemical weapons, and then has in his possession 500 tons of yellow cake uranium you begin to put two and two together. the possibility of a bacterial agent being handed over to the Al Queda was not a matter... (Cameron Observer, MO)
Time's come to head home Jul 22, 2008
A couple of Marines were injured in our area of operation after stumbling over some chemical weapons. Contrary to what some may have you believe, Iraq possessed chemical weapons before we invaded. (Menomonie Dunn County News, WI)
TRENTONIAN EDITORIAL: Iraq no threat? Jul 22, 2008
- That it had used chemical weapons repeatedly, and not just against military foes but against civilian populations inside Iraq itself. - That it had maintained contacts with Osama bin Laden and other Al Qaeda leaders through much of the 1990s (as detailed in the bipartisan 9/11 Commission's report). (The Trentonian, NJ)
Obama words, Obama words... Jul 18, 2008
WINK helped Hussein receive chemical weapons. Those sense of values that shamefully abdicated leadership in one of the worst crisis this planet has ever seen AIDS. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Where Iraq and Iran Meet, Uneasily Jul 17, 2008
During , the stretch of coastline was the site of several devastating battles between the two sides, including one in 1988 in which the Iraqi military under Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons against Iranian troops. Today Tehran's friendly relationship with Iraq's Shi'ite-dominated government is a far cry from what it was in the '80s. (Time.com)
Iran-US: A study in misperceptions Jul 16, 2008
During the course of the bloody eight-year war, Saddam used US and European-supplied biological and chemical weapons to kill and maim Iranians in the thousands, while the West embargoed the sale of even conventional weapons to Iran and supplied Iraq with all its needs, including satellite intelligence from the US. The result was that over 500,000 Iranians died and even more were injured, with many permanently disabled from biological and chemical weapons. Most, if not all, Iranian families have... (Asia Times Online)
US may help destroy Libya weapons Jul 14, 2008
The United States is assessing whether to help Libya destroy its stockpile of chemical weapons in an operation which could cost over $100 million (57 ... The North African nation has until April 2007 to destroy its banned weapons stockpile in order to comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an international treaty governing the possession of banned weapons ... Officials from the Pentagon's Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) recently completed a 10-day fact-finding visit to Libya... (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)
Beijing municipal government said Sunday the city's state-owned enterprises, institutions and social groups should adjust their working hours from July 20 to Sept. 20 to avoid traffic jams. Security beefed up to ensure safe Olympics Jul 14, 2008
The fire fighters could be called on to help deal with terrorists who used nuclear or chemical weapons and explosives, he said. The bureau had also organized 46 counter-terrorist drills in Olympic venues and subway stations, he noted. (Xinhuanet, China)
Memoirs of a Not So Dutiful Daughter by Jenni Murray Jul 13, 2008
A remarkable moratorium on chemical weapons held until the 1980s, when Saddam Hussein turned them on his countrymen. Runaway cars, underwater cameras, mafia secrets, and the wickedness of empire. (Times Online)
A last throw of the dice ...? Jul 13, 2008
New Zealander Bob Rigg has written extensively on nuclear and chemical weapons, the United Nations and the Middle East, with special reference to Iran. He was formerly senior editor for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and chairman of New Zealand's Consultative Committee on Disarmament from 2003-2006. (Asia Times Online)
U.S., India revive sweeping nuke deal Jul 13, 2008
"It's bad enough you've just set an example with Tehran that if you wait it out long enough the US will cave and give you what you want," says Joseph Cirincione, president of Ploughshares Fund, a Washington-based foundation opposing the spread of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. "But you can bet Pakistan and Israel, among others, plan to take a cue from India and use this deal as a template for the future, not as some one-time agreement.". (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
G8 Declaration on Political Issues Jul 13, 2008
We welcome the current progress of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), namely the successful outcome of the CWC 2nd Review Conference and reiterate the vital importance of their full and effective implementation. We stress the importance of and remain committed to the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation and urge all states to subscribe to the Code without delay. (White House News Releases)
An Internet Fraud Jul 13, 2008
Some chemical weapons are manufactured from ingredients commonly used for civilian purposes. You are of course aware the components ment to MANUFACTURE a military grade War Gas can be purchased over the counter for cash in any large city. (Townhall.com)
More of this story Jul 13, 2008
While the Pine Bluff Arsenal s success in destroying its stockpiled chemical weapons placed it on a Department of Defense list for consideration to receive chemical weapons from other facilities, the likelihood of that occurring appears remote. A Pentagon plan to study the possibility of transporting stockpiled chemical weapons across state lines from Colorado and Kentucky to meet a 2017 congressional deadline to destroy those weapons has drawn criticism from some in Congress and watchdog groups... (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Congress Doesn't Want War Powers Jul 13, 2008
(For more about this furtive and little-remembered near-alliance, which compelled President Reagan to soft-pedal Saddam's use of chemical weapons, click. . (Slate)
Peace With Syria? Jul 8, 2008
by Posted: 07/08/2008. Israel and Syria have resumed peace talks. (Human Events Online)
Jesse Helms: Stubborn on the Right Jul 5, 2008
Madeleine Albright famously convinced him of the wisdom of paying America's U.N. arrears and of supporting the Chemical Weapons Convention. And Bono managed to help change his mind about aid to Africa. (Time.com)
Over-the-counter cloak and dagger Jul 4, 2008
The numerous reports that have been issued on intelligence activities in the aftermath of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the inquiries into what the US government knew or didn't know about Iraq's nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs attest to the continuing interest in this issue. And many activities that used to be consider the sole prerogative of the public sector, such as military support functions, have. (Asia Times Online)
Conrad is still a man of honor Jul 4, 2008
Ironic wrote on Jul 4, 2008 6:45 AM:" When Conrad didn't suport the war effort in Iraq.. he was morally supporting a despot, a self absorbed dictator who was murdering his own citizens, that used chemical weapons against his own people, (BTW.. nerve gas is a weapon of mass destruction..Hussien had it and used it)...OK? Talking to the CEO of Countrywide about a loan from the company was a kin to putting himself in the pocket of a loan shark...the favor would be recalled in the form of favorable... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Weapons' plan draws fire Jul 2, 2008
Chemical weapons' transport plan draws fire - USATODAY.com ... Chemical weapons' transport plan draws fire ... Steam rises from a pollution abantment system as a chemical weapons incinerator destroys a rocket in Tooele, Utah. (USA Today)
The value of nuclear arms; Eurocrats and Europeans; Senegal's progress Jun 29, 2008
James Carroll's comparison of nuclear weapons to chemical weapons isn't realistic ("Proving nuclear realists wrong," Views, June 24). Many countries were willing to discard chemical weapons because they did not provide an overwhelming advantage in waging war. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Japan May Have Difficulty Shaping G-8 Agenda, Toronto Researchers Find Jun 27, 2008
Japan scored poorly on its pledge to ratify a United Nations treaty to combat corruption, provide debt relief to the world's most indebted countries and allocate funding to help prevent proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons in the former Soviet Union, the researchers found. Japan failed to fully meet most of its commitments to Africa, according to the report. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Gunman in Iraq kills 2 American soldiers, wounds 4 Jun 25, 2008
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Gunman kills 2 U.S. troops Jun 24, 2008
The Madain area was a center of Saddam Hussein's biological and chemical weapons program. It also includes the tomb of Salman al-Farsi, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Inspectors To Visit Syria Mystery Site Jun 23, 2008
"Such photos were a funny reminder of the huge embarrassment suffered by ex-general and former U.S. Secretary of State Collin Powell when he was made to lie to the world live on TV with fake photos about Iraqi mobile chemical weapons factories that never existed," one analyst told CBS News. "It is too difficult to believe the U.S. administration after all the lies about Iraq and other disasters it unleashed in our region," he added, noting that the U.S. pressure came less than a fortnight after... (CBS News)
If poison gas can go, why not nukes? Jun 23, 2008
A model for such restoration is right in front of us - the success of the century-old movement to eliminate chemical weapons ... Yet, with the full abolition of chemical weapons in sight, it should be celebrated as an astonishing triumph of the dream over "realism." ... Chemical weapons, having been made morally acceptable by the relatively even more heinous nukes, had come into their own by the time Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev tried to call the whole business off. (Boston Globe)
Council to mull grant applications Jun 21, 2008
The equipment has a vast library listing toxic industrial chemicals, narcotics, chemical weapons, explosives and propellants. The unit can identify products through plastic and glass containers. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Saturday Talk: MARTA Jun 21, 2008
After reviewing the recent Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report, Hiatt wrote that the report reached these conclusions: Iraq's nuclear, biological and chemical weapons programs and overall WMD program were all substantiated or generally substantiated by intelligence-community estimates before we went to war with Iraq. The same was said about Iraq's ties with al-Qaida and other terrorist groups. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
News Stories Jun 21, 2008
Biological and Chemical Weapons Full Coverage on Yahoo. News. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)
VP, Global Water, Investor Relations Jun 20, 2008
"So where am I being transferred to? Dental? Bath and Body? Chemical Weapons?". "Here's a hint: Two-thirds of the earth is covered with it.". (Forbes -- Technology)
Translate Site Jun 20, 2008
If U.S. troops soon storm into Iraq, they'll be counting on computerized language translators to help with everything from interrogating prisoners to locating chemical weapons caches. Besides converting orders like "put your hands up" into spoken Arabic or Kurdish, military officials hope to enable quick translations of time-sensitive intelligence from some of the world's most difficult tongues normally a painstaking task. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
COLUMN: Harrison should have been impeached forbeing only 5-feet-6 Jun 19, 2008
Bryant Lamphier wrote on Jun 18, 2008 7:41 AM:" Here we go again-To say that Saddam had no WMD before the war period- is ridiculous.From The ISG's final report (The Duelfer Report): ISG technical experts fully evaluated less than one quarter of one percent of the over 10,000 weapons caches throughout Iraq, and visited fewer than ten ammunition depots identified prior to OIF as suspect CW sites. Moreover, certain defined questions remain unanswered. For example, we cannot express a firm view on... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Type And Severity Of Combat Wounds In Iraq War Have Changed Over Time Jun 19, 2008
1, 2006) Iranian civilians exposed to high-intensity warfare and chemical weapons are experiencing significantly higher levels of psychological distress compared to those exposed to low-intensity warfare but. (Mar. (Science Daily)
JAMES KIRCHICK: White House didn't lie about Iraq Jun 18, 2008
That Iraq-al-Qaida links were "substantiated by intelligence information."The same goes for claims about Saddam's possession of biological and chemical weapons, as well as his alleged operation of a nuclear weapons program. Four years on from the first Senate Intelligence Committee report, war critics, old and newfangled, still don't get that a lie is an act of deliberate, not unwitting, deception. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
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Russia opens 4th chemical weapons destruction plant to speed elimination of stockpile Jun 17, 2008
Russia opened a fourth plant Tuesday to destroy its chemical weapons stockpiles, which are the largest in the world. The destruction facility, near the site of one of Russia's seven major chemical weapons arsenals, will help accelerate an ambitious effort to eliminate the stockpiles in less than four years ... The facility near Leonidovka in the Penza Oblast will serve to destroy 7,600 tons (6,885 metric tons) of VX, sarin, and soman nerve agents, about 17 percent of Russia's declared chemical... (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Anti-United Nations measure stalls in House vote Jun 17, 2008
Or was it before the US began violating international restrictions on: * The use of chemical weapons. (which was admitted following the Gulf war) * The 200 mile limited use of UAV's. (Yahoo News -- United Nations)
U.S. Approves Visa for Indian Scientist Jun 17, 2008
State Department officials said yesterday that the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi has granted a visa to a prominent Indian scientist who said he was accused of deception and potential links to chemical weapons production when he applied to a U.S. consulate. Goverdhan Mehta said he was told two weeks ago that his visa had been "refused" and that his expertise in chemistry could be a threat to U.S. national security. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)
U.S. to Expand Domestic Use Of Spy Satellites Jun 16, 2008
Access to the high-tech surveillance tools would, for the first time, allow Homeland Security and law-enforcement officials to see real-time, high-resolution images and data, which would allow them, for example, to identify smuggler staging areas, a gang safehouse, or possibly even a building being used by would-be terrorists to manufacture chemical weapons ... The spy satellites are considered by military experts to be more penetrating than civilian ones: They not only take color, as well as... (Yahoo News -- Law Enforcement)
"At least this time the Hulk no longer resembles an action figure carved from lime Jello."The Happening and The Incredible HulkBy Dana Stevens Jun 16, 2008
Even films about terrorists who use chemical weapons have a point source, get the guy with the trigger and you stop the threat. The Happening is brilliant in that there is no guy with a trigger. (Slate)
FRED HIATT: 'Bush lied'? Ah, if only it were that simple Jun 15, 2008
The president's statements "were substantiated by intelligence information."On chemical weapons. "Substantiated by intelligence information."On weapons of mass destruction overall (a separate section of the intelligence committee report). (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Anniston Army Depot Employee Dies of Apparent Heart Attack Jun 13, 2008
(AP) - A contractor at the Army's chemical weapons incinerator in Anniston died of an apparent heart attack. Calhoun County Coroner Pat Brown said Thursday that 45-year-old Roderick Traylor of Anniston experienced breathing difficulties while riding in a car as a passenger on a public road. (WSJA.com, AL)
Ala. Chemical Weapons Worker Dies of Heart Attack Jun 13, 2008
Chemical Weapons Worker Dies of Heart Attack ... Chemical Weapons Worker Dies of Heart Attack ... Coroner: Alabama chemical weapons worker dies of apparent heart attack. (ABC News -- Wire)
Another view Jun 13, 2008
The administration s claims about Iraq s nuclear, biological and chemical weapons programs were generally supported by the intelligence available at the time, though they didn t reflect uncertainty or dissent from some spy agencies, according to the report. But other claims weren t supported, including those about ties between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, and Iraq s plans to attack the United States with chemical and biological weapons using drone aircraft. (Montana Standard, MT)
* The nation-building librarian Jun 13, 2008
As you know, the first people to use chemical weapons against the Kurds were the RAF [Royal Air Force. They burned villages, used gas against the Kurds, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)