Topic: - on October 31, 2002 at 12:07:48 AM CET
Saudi Arabia Takes Steps To Acquire Nuclear Weapons
Highly-reliable sources indicate that the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has, since the beginning of October 2002, and possibly before, begun active efforts to acquire completed nuclear weapons.
It is known that Saudi officials had approached officials of the Government of Pakistan in this regard, on the basis that Saudi possession of such weapons would act as a deterrent to any possible Israeli threat of nuclear force against Saudi Arabia. The sources indicated that Saudi Arabia was not interested in acquiring nuclear weapons manufacturing capability, or weapons-grade raw material, but only in acquiring actual weapons, preferably for missile delivery using Saudi CSS-2 medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs) which had been acquired from the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
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Topic: - on October 30, 2002 at 1:20:25 PM CET
A History of Chemical & Biological Warfare
v1.0.3 / 1 of 4 / 01 may 02 / public domain
- The Germans were leaders in industrial chemistry at the beginning of the 20th century, and so when the First World War broke out, they logically used their chemical expertise to develop weapons. The consequences of their actions would be far-reaching and unforseen.
¬><a href="www.totse.com"target="_blank">Greg Goebel
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Topic: W A R - on October 29, 2002 at 5:33:06 PM CET
Army Working on a Three-Year Sandwich
It tops a U.S. Army most-wanted list, unleashing potent chemicals that suck the immediate vicinity dry. The struggle to make the classic peanut butter and jelly combination battle-ready for soldiers in the field highlights an effort by top Army scientists to develop pocket sandwiches that will keep without refrigeration for three years.
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Topic: - on October 29, 2002 at 9:46:44 AM CET
US weapons secrets exposed
Respected scientists on both sides of the Atlantic warned yesterday that the US is developing a new generation of weapons that undermine and possibly violate international treaties on biological and chemical warfare. Respected scientists on both sides of the Atlantic warned yesterday that the US is developing a new generation of weapons that undermine and possibly violate international treaties on biological and chemical warfare.
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Topic: - on October 27, 2002 at 12:55:06 PM CET
Chuck Yeager still has the right stuff
The 79-year-old legendary test pilot broke the sound barrier yesterday for what he said was the last time, more than a half-century after he became the first person to accomplish the feat. Yeager's first cracking of the sound barrier in 1947 was the crowning achievement in a career that included service in World War II and Vietnam. The feat was immortalized in the movie "The Right Stuff."
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Topic: - on October 27, 2002 at 11:51:48 AM CET
Who killed Gerald Victor Bull?
Mystery still shrouds murder of American who helped arm Iraq
Twelve years after the murder of the man behind Iraq's "Supergun" Gerald Bull, nobody has been arrested for the crime.
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Topic: - on October 27, 2002 at 11:41:25 AM CET
US peace marches draw thousands
Tens of thousands of people have marched in the US cities of Washington and San Francisco as part of a day of worldwide protests against a possible American-led war against Iraq.
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Topic: - on October 26, 2002 at 11:57:36 AM CEST
Two F-16s Collide Over Utah's West Desert
Two F-16 fighter jets from Hill Air Force Base collided Friday over the Utah Test and Training Range in the desert west of the base, the military said. One pilot was rescued and was in good condition, the Air Force said in a statement. Search and rescue crews were trying to find the second pilot late Friday. His condition was unknown, said Capt. Angie Chang, a spokeswoman for the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden.
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Topic: - on October 25, 2002 at 6:26:22 PM CEST
CIA puts two sites in Kurdish areas
The CIA this week beefed up its presence in northern Iraq, establishing two formal field offices in the Kurdish-controlled territory protected by U.S. and British fighter jets, according to Iraqi opposition officials. As of Monday, one CIA station was established in territory controlled by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the other was set up in territory controlled by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
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Topic: - on October 24, 2002 at 10:12:38 PM CEST
Scud Igniter Said Found on Iraq-Bound Ship
— RIJEKA, Croatia (Reuters) - A ship seized at sea by Croatia this week was bound for Iraq from Yugoslavia carrying what appeared to be material used in the ignition of Scud missiles, according to sources in Croatia on Thursday.
"There is evidence that the military equipment on the seized ship was headed for Iraq," a police source told Reuters after 14 containers were unloaded from the freighter Boka Star in the port of Rijeka on Croatia's Adriatic coast.
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 1:05:34 PM CEST
NSA
About the secretive U.S. eavesdropper
The National Security Agency intelligence agency monitors phone calls, radio and TV broadcasts and other ''signals'' around the world. Those communications make up the bulk of all the raw information U.S. intelligence experts sift through every day. Headquarters: Fort Meade, Md. Employees: 16,000 Annual budget: $4 billion; $3.5 billion more allotted for eavesdropping satellites. Surveillance equipment: Ground based listening posts: 15-20 Listening satellites in orbit: 7 Intercept posts on embassy rooftops: 40-50 Communications monitored every hour at average listening post: 2 million Amount actually processed by decrypters, translators and analysts: 1% Little known fact: In February 2000, the NSA's computer system crashed, a sign of overload. It was down for four days.
Sources: U.S. intelligence officials; James Bamford, author of Body of Secrets, a book about the NSA; and Jeffrey Richelson, author of The U.S. Intelligence Community
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 2:46:26 AM CEST
Powerful attack cripples majority of key Internet computers
An unusually powerful electronic attack briefly crippled nine of the 13 computer servers that manage global Internet traffic this week, officials disclosed Tuesday. But most Internet users didn't notice because the attack only lasted one hour.
The FBI and White House were investigating. One official described the attack Monday as the most sophisticated and large-scale assault against these crucial computers in the history of the Internet. The origin of the attack was not known.
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