NYTimes Weapons of Fear
Preparations That Make Sense
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Pyridostigmine used in the Gulf War to protect
against nerve gases may be the cause of Gulf War Syndrome.
Smallpox to be spared
Smallpox may be spared awhile longer
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graphic
smallpox
Korea
and Iraq may have small pox stores
Frightening tales of Germ Warfare from a Soviet Defector
Among the book's new disclosures are:
-- Moscow mastered the art of rearranging genes to make harmful microbes even more potent and harder to counteract. Anthrax, a top biological warfare agent that causes high fever and death, was genetically altered to resist five kinds of antibiotics.