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Events, news, impacts What do you think everyone should know about? Expert says former secret government worker identified as anthrax sender "The FBI might be "dragging its feet" in pressing charges (against the anthrax terrorist) because the suspect is a former government scientist familiar with "secret activities that the government would not like to see disclosed". Impact on international relations is clear: "It became clear from congressional testimony that the reason for this(U.S.) rejection (of the international biological weapons treaty) was the need to protect our secret projects," Rosenberg said. On the next episode of the X-Files. . . Halliburton's business with Iraq - By Carola Hoyas, UN Correspondent From September 1998 until it sold its stake last February, Halliburton owned 51 per cent of Dresser-Rand. It also owned 49 per cent of Ingersoll-Dresser Pump, until its sale in December 1999. During the time of the joint ventures, Dresser-Rand and Ingersoll-Dresser Pump submitted more than $23.8m worth of contracts for the sale of oil industry parts and equipment to Iraq. Their combined total amounted to more than any other US company. Nice to know Cheney and the Iraqis are previous business partners. | Context, History, Opinion The deeper story. The Biological Weapons Convention Protocol: Status and Implications Testimony of Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, PhD Army Working on Weapons-Grade Anthrax "An Army biological and chemical warfare facility in Utah has been quietly developing a virulent, weapons-grade formulation of anthrax spores since at least 1992" No wonder we don't want any weapons inspections. Halliburton -- To the Victors Go the Markets Halliburton "is contracted to build forward operating bases to support troop deployments for the next nine years wherever the President chooses to take the anti-terrorism war." Playing both sides against the middle sure pays off.. but what happened to 'with us or against us'? | Resources
Organizations, action alerts, people and books FAS Working Group on Biological Weapons Verification Department of Defense sites for CBW warfare and terrorism information The Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Project Cheney at the Helm of Halliburton