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60 Minutes Outs "Curveball," The Faulty Intel Source Bush Used To Support The Iraq Invasion

Source: CBS News

60 Minutes has identified the man whose fabricated story of Iraqi biological weapons drove the U.S. argument for invading Iraq.

US program unveils man behind Iraq weapons story

Source: reuters

An Iraqi defector made up his claim that Saddam Hussein had biological weapons, a threat cited by the Bush administration as a key reason for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. news program "60 Minutes" said on Thursday.

Faulty Intel Source "Curve Ball" Revealed

Source: CBS News

60 Minutes has identified the man whose fabricated story of Iraqi biological weapons drove the U.S. argument for invading Iraq.

Syria's Strategic Weapons Programs

Source: PeaceWatch

Excellent article about Syria's weapons. Apparently they don't have nukes yet...but: "Chemical and biological weapons: Syria probably has the largest and most advanced chemical warfare program in the Arab world.

University vice president resigns after CDC investigation

Source: The Battalion

Texas A&M;'s vice president of research resigned Wednesday, while the University is still awaiting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report on the researchers exposed to bioagents.

EU urged to take action to prevent biological attacks

Source: alertnet.org

European Union member states must improve cooperation to prevent biological attacks, the executive Commission said on Wednesday. "When we react it's too late, we have to prevent (attacks)," EU Justice and Security Commissioner Franco Frattini said.

Biological and Chemical Weapons In An Age of Terror

Source: abcarticledirectory.com

How real are the threats of WMD terrorism? What new or highly mutated forms of terrorist activities might lie ahead? And more to the point, how can countries hope to counter such violence, when one of the key components of "successful" terrorism is the element of suprise?

Sick to Death of Bush -- In These Times

Source: inthesetimes.com

The 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention made it illegal under international and U.S. law to make or stockpile bacteriological or viral organisms for use as weapons.

Al-Aksa Martyrs Threaten Israel with Chemical & Biological Weapons

Source: -

The Aksa Martyrs Brigades announced on Sunday that its members have succeeded in manufacturing chemical and biological weapons.[snip]The group said its members would not hesitate to add the new weapons to Kassam rockets that are being fired at Israeli communities almost every day.

Lacking Biolabs, Trailers Carried Case for War

Source: The Washington Post

Administration Pushed Notion of Banned Iraqi Weapons Despite Evidence to Contrary

U.S. House Votes to Advance Offensive Biological Weapons Plan

Source: unobserver.com

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that advances a US plan to wage biological warfare against Colombia and other countries where illicit narcotics are produced.

High school senior discovers ironing deactivates Anthrax

Source: Tribune-Review News

Protecting yourself from biological weapons might be as simple as using a hot clothes iron.

Global effort needed to keep bio advances out of hands of wackos

Source: scienceblog.com

Advances in these areas may be used to make novel biological weapons or misused by careless groups and individuals, says a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

US Anti-terrorism official says WMD attack inevitable

Source: Reuters

The real "24." A real US CTU boss told Londers that a boiological terror attack in the West is inevitable. He credited the war on terror with slowing Al-Qaida attack plans. Oh, and he says bin Laden is still alive.