Sorry. more specifically, the US and the UK, and many other countries, signed a treaty banning the development of OFFENSIVE bio/chem weapons, about 30 odd years ago.
Two major loopholes in this treaty mean that you are able to research these for defensive purposes, and that there is no real way of enfrcing it....IE no way of enforced inspections of facilities, like the ones enforced on Iraq. Hence the recent patent application by the US government for a rifle launched grenade carrying a chem/bio payload, for example. The other major loophole allows fr the development of 'non lethal' bio/chem weapons for domestic usage.....ie the stuff the russians used in the Moscow theatre seige....I'll let you decide how 'non lethal' that was. w -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 June 2003 17:11 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Iraqi Nuclear Weapons In what way is it illegal for the US to create WMD? What UN Security Council resolution has placed that restriction on the US? > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 11:56 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Iraqi Nuclear Weapons > > we have the means to create illegal biological and chemical weapons. > > does that mean we are? > > probably eh, but what the hell... > > w ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
