The Al Qaeda weapons race continues: Osama Bin Laden's infamous 'sorcerer', Midhat Mursi Al Sayyid Umar, comes back from the dead and rekindles new fears that jihadists are pursuing chemical, biological and radiological weapons.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE EGYPTIAN KNOWN as Midhat Mursi Al Sayyid Umar was supposed to be dead, killed in a US missile strike on suspected terrorists in Pakistan's turbulent northwestern tribal belt on 13 January, 2006. Pakistani generals claimed he was one of several senior Al Qaeda figures...

'Be ready for chemical, biological weapons'.
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Shivraj Patil on Monday asked security forces to equip and train themselves to counter chemical and biological weapons which may be used by terrorists in future. Though he did not specify whether the Centre had intelligence inputs about such attacks, he urged...

Nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and improvised explosive devices: an interview with Paul Errico.
Introduction What are the most common types of terrorist attacks? Bombings make up the largest percentage of terrorist attacks. Internationally, they make up 50% of worldwide attacks, but with regard to U.S. terrorism, bombings make up 86%, with approximately 39% involving government or military facilities...

Plants could warn of of biological and chemical weapons. (Update).
Colorado State University biologists have been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) grant to examine the possibility of genetically engineering plants to rapidly lose their green color in response to biological or chemical weapons. The scientists' goal is to develop simple and affordable plants that can quickly...

IRAQ - Dec. 21 - Defector Speaks Of Biological, Chemical & Nuclear Weapons.
A report in The IHT says Adnan Ihsan Sayeed Haideri, a defector who described himself as a civil engineer, said in an extensive interview last week in Bangkok, arranged by the Iraqi National Congress, he "personally worked on renovations of secret facilities for biological, chemical and nuclear weapons in...

Terrorism 2000: how chemical and biological weapons are changing the face of terror.
They are scarier than the scariest horror film, more frightening than the worst nightmare, and closer to U.S. shores than most Americans imagine. Biochemical weapons--chemical and biological weapons designed to kill any breathing creatures who come in contact with them--are the new horror weapons of the world....

Weapons of Mass Destruction: The No-Nonsense Guide to Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons Today. (Reviews).
Weapons of Mass Destruction: The No-Nonsense Guide to Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons Today. Robert Hutchinson. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. [pounds sterling]18.99. 283 pages. ISBN 0-297-83091-0. In the wake of the Allied invasion of Iraq to bring down Saddam Hussein's regime and with it his weapons of mass destruction, the...

The duality of chemistry: chemistry for peaceful purposes versus chemical weapons.
Abstract: In April 1997, the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) entered into force, banning chemical weapons (CW) worldwide and requiring their destruction under international verification by 2007, a date that has since been extended to 2012. At the same time, the CWC aims to prevent the recurrence of CW, including...

Impact of scientific developments on the chemical weapons convention.
Abstract: This report summarizes the findings and recommendations of an international workshop that was organized jointly by IUPAC and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and held in Zagreb, Croatia, from 22 to 25 April 2007. It was held to assist with preparation for the Second...

Did we get lied into war? Did the Bush administration use deliberate deception to bring America into war with Iraq? The Senate Intelligence Committee's June 2008 report may get us closer to the truth.
On June 5, the Senate Intelligence Committee, concluding five years of investigations (and partisan disagreements), released its report about whether the Bush administration had based its decision to attack Iraq on valid intelligence estimates or had lied us into war. The New York Times summed up the report: "The...