... the world because they can affect many people efficiently and are cost effective. What is the effect and history of biological and chemical weapons? Biological weapons are the harmful use of micro organisms or toxins that attack a person or animals body at the cellular level. This is also ... biological warfare for thousands of years. In medival times, corpses were catapulted into an enemy's fortress. The body would be infected with a deadly disease that would spread within the enclosed walls of the castle. This tactic was used by the romans. Disease infected bodies were also put ... ...

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... "(Pate 2). In 1995, in Japan, a doomsday cult released sarin, a nerve gas, in the Tokyo subway. "12 were killed and over a thousand injured"(Pate 1). Some of the most deadly chemical and biological weapons are Anthrax, Cholera, Smallpox, The Plague, Ricin, Chlorine Gas, Hydrogen Cyanide, Sarin, and VX. Some of the symptoms include fatigue, blurred vision, nausea, diarrhea, blood poisoning, respiratory failure, ... frothing at the mouth, blindness, and convulsions. In many peoples opinion these weapons are worse than nuclear and I think they are right. The CIA is probably the best intelli...

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Anthrax Vaccination The anthrax vaccination is the only known defense available for United States Troops against the deadly anthrax virus. Many experts have said it is not effective against inhalation anthrax. Studies have not been conclusive in their findings. The chance of living if you have received the ... heat, they are relatively easy to grind and store. U.S. officials say that as many as 12 countries including Russia, Iraq, and North Korea, have established capabilities to produce and load deadly anthrax spores into weapons (D.Funk, Army Times, 3-19-98). An anthrax loaded scud missile...

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... to be in leadership of. The extreme terrorist group has training camps to teach kids as young as 14 years old how to use guns, bombs, and different types of weapons of mass destruction. These kids are even taught to hate Americans and Jews. On September 11, 2001 two planes crashed into the World Trade Centers in New York City. This ... , odorless, tasteless bacterium that protects itself from the sunlight, heat, and disinfectant by forming a protective coat. The spores are so small that it would take 8,000 to 10,000 for deadly inhalation anthrax to infect someone (Saporito, 129). This mu...

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... to be in leadership of. The extreme terrorist group has training camps to teach kids as young as 14 years old how to use guns, bombs, and different types of weapons of mass destruction. These kids are even taught to hate Americans and Jews. On September 11, 2001 two planes crashed into the World Trade Centers in New York City. This ... , odorless, tasteless bacterium that protects itself from the sunlight, heat, and disinfectant by forming a protective coat. The spores are so small that it would take 8,000 to 10,000 for deadly inhalation anthrax to infect someone (Saporito, 129). This mu...

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... to be in leadership of. The extreme terrorist group has training camps to teach kids as young as 14 years old how to use guns, bombs, and different types of weapons of mass destruction. These kids are even taught to hate Americans and Jews. On September 11, 2001 two planes crashed into the World Trade Centers in New York City. This ... , odorless, tasteless bacterium that protects itself from the sunlight, heat, and disinfectant by forming a protective coat. The spores are so small that it would take 8,000 to 10,000 for deadly inhalation anthrax to infect someone (Saporito, 129). This mu...

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