Biowarfare and Terrorism 0932863469, 9780932863461

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD by Jonathan King

CALL FOR A BAN ON THE GENETIC ALTERATION OF PATHOGENS FOR DESTRUCTIVE PURPOSES

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE: THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
Origins of the BWC Convention
The BWC Loophole
The Reaganite Neo-Cons

CHAPTER TWO: MAKING BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Stages of the Biological Weapons-Making Process

CHAPTER THREE: U.S. GOVERNMENT BIOWARFARE CONTRACTS
Biowarfare Research at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Campus
American Universities Line Up at the BDRP Trough
Shaky Scientific Ethics a Biowarfare Problem?
The Need for Appropriate Biowarfare Contract Review

CHAPTER FOUR: THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ANTI-TERRORISM ACT OF 1989
The Biotechnology Industry Changes Course
Governmental Resistance to Regulating Biowarfare Research
The Neo-Cons under Reagan Violate the Biological Weapons Convention
The Bush Sr. Administration Acts Responsibly on Biowarfare
Primary Features of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act
Closing the Door on Biowarfare Research Loopholes

CHAPTER FIVE: U.S. BIOWARFARE-RELATED VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
Iraq: The Nuremberg Code on Medical Experimentation
The Clinton Administration Violates the Biological Weapons Convention
The George W. Bush Administration Repudiates the Verification Protocol of the BWC

CHAPTER SIX: DOMESTIC TERRORISM: THE ANTHRAX ATTACKS ON THE U.S. CONGRESS
The FBI Cover-Up: Motivating Factors
Resounding Silence
Linkage Between the Anthrax Attacks and 9/11?

CHAPTER SEVEN: GEARING UP TO FIGHT AND "WIN" BIOWARFARE
WMD Partnering: Nuclear and Bioweaponry
PNAC Bombshell a Harbinger?
The Bush Jr. Administration's Plans for Bio-WMD Wars of Aggression
Bush Undersecretary of State for Arms Control—Gung Ho for Bios
To Fight and "Win" by Biowarfare: The Prerequisites
The Smoking Gun: The Pentagon's Chemical and Biological Defense Program
The Offensive Nature of "Civilian Defense"
More Criminal Exposure for the CBDP
Can World War III Be Far Behind?
Bush Jr.'s Banana Republic

CHAPTER EIGHT: REINING IN BIOWARFARE RESEARCH: HOW IT CAN BE DONE / WHY WE MUST DO IT
No Escape for U.S. in Misinterpreting BWC Obligations
Activating the Biological Weapons Convention's Complaint Procedure
Filing a BWC Complaint for Investigation by the U.N. Secretary-General
Hoisting the Bush Jr. Administration With Its Own Petard
Further Recourse Through the U.N. General Assembly
A Warning to Scientists
Campaign for the Peaceful Development of the Biological Sciences
A Letter of Demand to the Department of Defense on the CBDP Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, by Francis A. Boyle and Terry J. Lodge

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX I: CRITIQUE OF THE PENTAGON'S BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE RESEARCH PROGRAM (1988)

APPENDIX II: BIOWARFARE RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

APPENDIX III: PROTOCOL FOR THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE IN WAR OF ASPHYXIATING, POISONOUS OR OTHER GASES, AND OF BACTERIOLOGICAL METHODS OF WARFARE

APPENDIX IV: CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND STOCKPILING OF BACTERIOLOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) AND TOXIN WEAPONS AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION

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