Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 Biological Weapons Pose a Unique Threat to the United States Stephen Hummel Vito Quaranta John P. Wiksow 10
2 Bio terrorism: A Dirty Little Threat with Huge Potential Consequences Larry Bell 21
3 Billions to Stem an Unlikely Bioterror Attack Merrill Goozner 28
4 Bioterrorism Funding Withers as Death Germs Thrive in Labs, Nature Lynne Peeples 33
5 The US Food Supply Is Vulnerable to Bioterrorism Dean Olson 46
6 Are Syria, Iran Playing Obama for a Fool? Frida Ghitis 58
7 US Has No Legal Basis for Action in Syria but That Won't Stop Us Eric Posner 63
8 Syria's Chemical Weapons Should Not Be Transported or Dismantled at Sea Kristina Wong 68
9 The United States Needs to Eliminate Its Own Chemical Weapons Stockpile Dave Lindorff 73
10 Israel's Chemical Weapons Are a Bigger Threat to Peace than Syria's Stephen Lendman 79
11 The Inconsistent US Role on Chemical Weapons Stephen Zunes 88
12 Chemical Weapons Are Morally Worse than Conventional Weapons Tom Blackwell 93
13 Chemical Weapons Are Not Morally Worse than Conventional Weapons Mike LaBossiere 99
Organizations to Contact 103
Bibliography 109
Index 114
