Nobody's yes man Aug 24, 2008
"I've never met somebody who is both able to stick to their principles and yet negotiate with anyone from Strom Thurmond on the crime bill to Jesse Helms on the chemical weapons treaty," he said. Kaufman points out that the same desk used by Georgia Sen. (Salon)
LETTERS: NCT, Aug. 21, 2008 Aug 22, 2008
What do you expect 'liberals' to say about Bush's invasion in Iraq, if they happen to understand that it wasn't Iraq that attacked the World Trade Center, there are no individuals from Iraq that attacked U.S. embassies [that was Al Qaeda from Arabia], our anthrax attacks were homegrown, there was no genocide in Iraq anymore from Hussein who had long ago spent his last chemical weapons we sold him, and Hussein was only a threat to those around him and yet we've spent a trillion on the guy. Do you... (North County Times)
Pakistan's spiral of violence Aug 22, 2008
In July, Abu Khabab al-Masri - an Egyptian national described by US officials as al-Qaeda's leading chemical weapons expert - was killed in a missile strike. Many lesser targets were also killed in the strikes. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Would be we better off without religion? Aug 19, 2008
Who created nuclear weapons, Anthrax, chemical weapons which can wipe out hundreds of thousands in one go - Science. Not Religion. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Our bacteria, ourselves: appreciating E. coli Aug 18, 2008
E. coli, Zimmer shows us, have sex, make chemical weapons, wage wars, get old, deceive one another, and even "build microbial cities." They can make heat-shock proteins to protect their colonies when they get too warm; they can maintain a sense of direction; they can communicate with other members of their species. What we think of as infinitesimal and primitive, Zimmer reminds us, is often totally remarkable and complicated. (Boston Globe)
US may help destroy Libya weapons Aug 18, 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)
'Aafia was set up by US military' Aug 15, 2008
Siddiqui was arrested on July 17 after she was found outside a governor's compound in central Afghanistan's Ghazni province carrying documents describing US landmarks and containing recipes for chemical weapons, along with bottles and jars of chemicals, according to an FBI affidavit filed in federal court in New York. Siddiqui was shot on July 18 after she snatched a soldier's rifle, pointed it at an army captain and fired two shots, which missed, the affidavit said. (India Times, India)
Aafia was set up, says her lawyer Aug 15, 2008
Siddiqui was arrested on July 17 with papers describing US landmarks, with bottles and jars of chemicals and with papers telling how to make chemical weapons, said an FBI affidavit filed in federal court in New York. Of course they found all this stuff on her. (Daily Times)
Pakistani Woman Allegedly Had List of NYC Targets Aug 14, 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. Siddiqui, 36, once identified as a possible Al Qaeda associate, was extradited to New York last week to face charges she tried to kill U.S. agents and military officers during an Afghanistan interrogation, federal prosecutors said. (Fox News)
Abbie Howard traveled to Russia with a group of fellow Troy University students Aug 13, 2008
In 2004 they began to dismantle chemical weapons, and there is a need for stricter controls for environmental reasons, she said. There are cars, but not as many as you see here at home. (Brewton Standard, AL)
Border Patrol Agent Shoots Man Across Border Aug 13, 2008
Agents fired "pepper balls" and other chemical weapons to break up the mob but the crowd remained in place until an agent fired his weapon, striking a man in the upper body, McManus said. The agent told investigators he feared for his life and the lives of his colleagues, McManus said. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Pray for and support our troops Aug 11, 2008
Published - Monday, August 11, 2008. In recent months, I have been in some of the major stores looking for a Support Our Troops metallic ribbon for my car. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Al-Qaida said to lose key WMD operative Aug 10, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The killing of an al-Qaida chemical weapons expert in a missile strike two weeks ago on a Pakistani border village has dealt a heavy blow to the terrorist group's ambitions to build weapons of mass destruction, a former CIA case officer says ... Al-Masri, whose real name is Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar, got his chemical weapons training in the Egyptian army before defecting to the militant Islamic Jihad group, founded by al-Qaida's no. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahri ... "I... (MSNBC -- International)
Ky. weapons depot reports second mustard gas leak Aug 7, 2008
(AP) - Officials at a Kentucky Army depot that houses deadly chemical weapons are confirming the second mustard gas leak in less than two weeks. A statement from Blue Grass Army Depot says the new leak showed only a low concentration of the blister agent and presents no harm to the community or environment. (WKRC.com, OH)
'Al-Qaeda' woman appears in court Aug 6, 2008
The FBI says Mrs Siddiqui was apprehended on 17 July in the Afghan province of Ghazni by local security forces who allegedly found documents including recipes for explosives and chemical weapons in her handbag. US army officers and FBI agents visited her in detention on 18 July, they say, alleging she seized a US officer's M-4 rifle from behind a screen before opening fire on the Americans. (BBC News)
* Pakistani woman extradited to the US Aug 6, 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, said the complaint, which did not identify the landmarks. She also was carrying chemical substances in gel and liquid form that were sealed in bottles and glass jars, the complaint said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Mysterious case Aug 6, 2008
Publications such as Newsweek quoted the FBI as saying this was to finance al-Qaeda's biological and chemical weapons programme. After that, her name remained on the list of disappeared - until she surfaced last month in Afghanistan in US military custody. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Female alleged terror 'fixer' due in N.Y. court 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. advertisement. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Al Qaeda Suspect Extradited to N.Y. for Alleged Attack Aug 5, 2008
The police searched her handbag and discovered documents giving recipes for explosives and chemical weapons and describing "various landmarks in the United States, including New York City," according to a criminal complaint, which didn't identify the landmarks. Siddiqui also was carrying "chemical substances in gel and liquid form that were sealed in bottles and glass jars," the complaint added. (Fox News)
Pakistani woman charged in NY with soldier attack Aug 5, 2008
Police say she had recipes for explosives and chemical weapons, along with descriptions of "various landmarks in the United States." The complaint doesn't identify the landmarks. A spokesman for an Afghan provincial governor says she was also carrying "liquid poison.". (WSJA.com, AL)
Pakistani Woman Faces Terror Rap In NYC 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. The next day, as a team of FBI agents and U.S. military officers prepared to question her, Siddiqui grabbed a rifle, pointed it at an Army captain and yelled that she wanted blood, prosecutors said. (CBS News -- US)
Man Who Had Ricin Pleads Guilty Aug 5, 2008
Take a crash course in biological and chemical weapons. Get more info on everything from ricin to smallpox to VX gas. (CBS News -- US)
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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Biological and Chemical Weapons Full Coverage on Yahoo ... Biological and Chemical Weapons: News Stories. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)
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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