- AUSTIN and HAMBURG
-- Top US military planners are preparing for the US to use incapacitating
biochemical weapons in an invasion of Iraq. Secretary of Defense Donald
Rumsfeld and Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
revealed the plans in February 5th testimony before the US House Armed
Services Committee.
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- This is the first official US acknowledgement that it
may use (bio)chemical weapons in its crusade to rid other countries of
such weapons. The Sunshine Project and other nonprofits have warned since
late 2001 that the "War on Terrorism" may result in the United
States using prohibited biological and chemical armaments, thereby violating
the same treaties it purports to defend. The US announcement creates grave
concerns for the future of arms control agreements, particularly the Chemical
Weapons Convention.
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- Rumsfeld stated that plans are being made for multiple
applications, including use of gas or aerosols on unarmed Iraqi civilians,
in caves, and on prisoners.
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- http://www.sunshine-project.org/publications/pr070203.html
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