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NEWS ABOUT: chemical weapons

chemical weapons stories: 7 news summaries

Right Groups Cite Evidence
of Israeli Phosphorus Use

UN workers say incendiary weapon used to attack Gaza compound

Jan 17, 09 9:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Witness accounts are adding weight to accusations by human rights groups that Israel is violating international law by using white phosphorus as a weapon against civilians, the Guardian reports. Palestinians say the incendiary shells were used to set their homes on fire and doctors report treating patients with injuries clearly... More »

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Israel • Gaza • chemical weapons • Gaza City • civilians • Israeli offensive

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An Insect Bioterror Strike?
Sounds Overblown


Jan 5, 09 8:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Sure, bug swarms can spread nasty things, but using them to unleash bioterror isn't as easy as they say, Robert Roy Britt writes in LiveScience. One expert said in the Telegraph today that dispersing insects as weapons is "relatively easy"—but consider that terrorists would have to team... More »

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chemical weapons • terrorist • insects • bioterrorism

Israel Likely Using Shells That Burn Skin

Controversial tool to disguise troops causes horrific damage

Jan 5, 09 5:19 AM CST
(Newser) - As Israeli soldiers approached the limits of Gaza City, reports have suggested they are using controversial white phosphorus shells to cover their advance. Although the shells are not illegal if used as a smokescreen, they can cause severe burns among bystanders, says the Times of London. An international treaty says... More »

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Israel • Gaza • war • chemical weapons • Israeli Army • Israel Defense Force

Saddam Faked Nukes to
Scare Iran, Not US: Agent

Did not believe US would invade over weapons of mass destruction

Jan 25, 08 5:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Saddam Hussein revealed in FBI interrogations that he had no nuclear or biological weapons of mass destruction, but hid that fact to avoid invasion by Iran—and was stunned when the US invaded. "For him, it was critical that he was seen as the strong, defiant Saddam to prevent... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Saddam Hussein • FBI • nuclear weapons • chemical weapons • interrogation • WMD • weapons of mass destruction • George Piro • Dora Farms • biological weapons

'Gay Bomb,' Sword Eating Win Ig-Nobels

Making enemies 'sexually irresistible to each other' lights anti-Nobels' fuse  

Oct 5, 07 6:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US military does some pretty cutting-edge research, but a hypothetical bomb that would make enemy troops make love to each other instead of war on the US? The proposal—along with detailed research on the effects of sword-swallowing, extracting vanilla from cowpies, and curing hamster jetlag with Viagra—yesterday... More »

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homosexuality • chemical weapons • chemical warfare • Nobel Peace Prize • Ig Nobel Prizes

Nerve Gas Found at UN Building

Building evacuated after vials of dangerous chemical turn up in office

Aug 30, 07 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Weapons inspectors cleaning out an office in a United Nations building near its Manhattan headquarters found six to eight vials of a nerve gas believed to have been recovered from Iraq in 1996, the AP reports. A UN spokeswoman said there was no immediate danger from the substance, identified as... More »

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Iraq • United Nations • chemical weapons • chemical • nerve gas • phosgene • chemical warfare

Terrorist Attacks Spiked in '06

Attacks rise 25% percent, driven by

Apr 30, 07 10:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Terrorist attacks rose 25 percent in 2006, with much of the rise attributable to Iraq, according to a State Department report released today. Terrorism claimed over 20,000 lives in 2006—two-thirds of those in Iraq—up sharply from 2005, raising doubts about the short-term success of the continued War... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • War on Terror • terrorism • Sudan • State Department • weapon • chemical weapons • terrorist • Iraq war

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