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This 8 page paper provides an overview of the issue of biochemical terrorism and how it has increased in recent years. This paper considers issues like the use of anthrax and the development of methods to spread biochemical weapons. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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in the siege of Caffa (Oracle ThinkQuest, n.d.). Specifically, corpses infected with the plague were catapulted over the walls of the city in order to infect the defenders (Oracle
ThinkQuest, n.d.). 1797: During Napoleans Italian campaign in Mantua, the dictator attempted to infect the people with swamp fever as a part of his strategic approach (Oracle ThinkQuest, n.d.).
1864: During the American Civil War, efforts using biological warfare included the contimantion of water sources and the spreading of illness through contimated food sources. 1915: Mustard
gas was first used as a part of warfare (Saladi, Smith and Persaud, 2006). This same year, German-Americna physician Anton Dilger created laboratory cultures of anthrax and glanders that
were used to infect animals destined for Allied troops. Hundreds of military personnel were infected (Oracle ThinkQuest, n.d.). 1925: Biological and chemical agents were used regulary during World
War I, but the Geneva Convention prohibited future use (Oracle ThinkQuest, n.d.). 1931: Japan attempted to poison delegates of the League of Nations Lytton Comission by lacing their food
with cholera bacteria (Oracle ThinkQuest, n.d.).. 1942: Japan went on to create chemical and biological weapons for use when Chinese forces invaded China and Manchuria (Oracle
ThinkQuest, n.d.).. 1942: Anthrax tests were conducted in England on the island of Gruinard, leading to the evacuation of the island, still believd to be infected (Oracle ThinkQuest,
n.d.). The United States proceded with biological warfare and developing and stockpiling biological weapons since the end of World War II (Oracle ThinkQuest, n.d.). 1972: The Biological Weapons Convension
prohibits the continued research and development of biological weapons (Oracle ThinkQuest, n.d.). 1979: An outbreak of anthrax in Sverdlovski, Russia, determines the belief that the Russian government was funding
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