Search Results
You are viewing 1–12 of 31 results.
-
Latest CIA WMD Threat Assessment Highlights Syrian Nuclear Ambitions
Nov. 11, 2003WASHINGTON — In a marked shift from previous assessments, the CIA said in a report released today that it is monitoring Syrian nuclear intentions with “growing concern” (see GSN, Nov. 5)
GSN Article | -
Experts Say North Korea Probably Has Nuclear, Chemical Weapons
Nov. 11, 2003WASHINGTON — North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction remain the subject of speculation, guesswork and rough estimates, but the secretive nation has probably developed both nuclear and chemical weapons, according to a panel of experts who spoke here Friday at a forum sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (see GSN ...
GSN Article | -
British Firm Possibly Stopped Potential Chemical Attack Last Year
Nov. 25, 2003An unidentified British group attempted to buy 1,100 pounds of saponin last year and might have wanted the chemical to create an easily spread chemical weapon, the Associated Press reported Saturday (see GSN, Feb. 6).
GSN Article | -
U.S. Action Halted Al-Qaeda WMD Effort in Afghanistan, Officials Say
Jan. 27, 2004U.S. and Malaysian security officials have said that an al-Qaeda program to develop chemical and biological weapons was in its “conceptual stages” when it was disrupted by the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the Associated Press reported yesterday (see GSN, Nov. 18, 2003).
GSN Article | -
Libya Had WMD Materials, But Did Not Produce Weapons, Official Says
Feb. 11, 2004Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel Rahman Shalgam said yesterday that his country had all the materials needed to develop weapons of mass destruction, but did not actually do so (see GSN, Feb. 9).
GSN Article | -
Libya Achieved Mixed Results in WMD Development
March 2, 2004U.S. and U.N. experts inspecting Libyan WMD sites have learned that Tripoli had a mixed record of success in its efforts to develop weapons of mass destruction — achieving some progress while also being hampered by a lack of materials and expertise, the Washington Post reported today (see GSN, March 1).
GSN Article | -
Defector Claims North Korean Use of Chemical Torture
March 3, 2004North Korea has tested chemical weapons on human subjects, according to a defector who is the highest ranking North Korean scientist to have made such charges, the Los Angeles Times reported today (see GSN, Dec. 15, 2003).
GSN Article | -
Pentagon Panel Suggests Chemical Calmatives
April 21, 2004WASHINGTON — The U.S. military should consider developing chemical agents for temporarily incapacitating humans, a Defense Department advisory panel said in a recent report.
GSN Article | -
Chemical Weapons Treaty Marred by Poor Compliance, GAO Finds
April 27, 2004Nations including Russia and China maintain chemical weapons programs and are failing to fully report stockpiles that are to be destroyed under the Chemical Weapons Convention, the U.S. General Accounting Office said in a report to be released this week (see GSN, April 8).
GSN Article | -
French Police Arrest Two in Terror Investigation
May 17, 2004Two Algerian men were arrested Friday in France as part of an ongoing investigation of an Islamic terrorist cell suspected of working to develop chemical and biological weapons, the New York Times reported (see GSN, May 5).
GSN Article | -
Hezbollah May Be Seeking Missiles Armed With Chemical Weapons, Israeli Military Intelligence Chief Says
July 26, 2004The Islamic militant group Hezbollah may have a number of short-range missiles that Syria is trying to adapt to carry chemical warheads, the head of the Israeli Defense Force intelligence branch, Maj. Gen. Ze’evi Farkash, said yesterday (see GSN, May 12).
GSN Article | -
Italy Said to Be Target of Chemical Weapons Threats
Aug. 2, 2004Islamic extremists are attempting to acquire chemical weapons for use against Italy and its forces serving in Iraq, according to a report released Saturday by Italian security services (see GSN, Jan. 27, 2003).
GSN Article |
Refine Results by
Topic
- Chemical (31)
- Chemical Weapons Programs (31)
- Biological (17)
- Biological Weapons Programs (16)
- Biological Weapons Development (14)
- Nuclear (9)
- Chemical Agents (6)
- Nuclear Weapons Programs (6)
- Chemical Weapons Use (4)
- Delivery Systems (4)
- Nuclear Weapons Development (4)
- Chemical Terrorism (3)
- Fuel Cycle (3)
- Uranium Enrichment (3)
- Ballistic Missiles (2)
- Biological Terrorism (2)
- Blister Agents (2)
- Chemical Weapons Stockpiling (2)
- Nerve Agents (2)
- Nuclear Materials (2)
- Plutonium (2)
- Chemical Nonproliferation and Disarmament (1)
- Chemical Precursors (1)
- Chemical Trade and Commerce (1)
- Chemical Weapons Destruction (1)
- Counterproliferation and Threat Reduction, Delivery Systems (1)
- Cruise Missiles (1)
- Delivery System Trade and Commerce (1)
- Illicit Chemical Trade (1)
- Illicit Trade in Delivery Systems (1)
- Radiological Dispersal Devices (1)
- Radiological Terrorism (1)
- Radiological/Radioactive (1)
- Sales of Delivery Systems (1)
- Sanctions, Delivery Systems (1)
- Terrorism (1)
- Testing, Chemical (1)
- Testing, Nuclear (1)
- Toxins (1)
- Weaponization, Biological (1)
- Weaponization, Chemical (1)
Country/Region
- North Korea (7)
- Iran (4)
- Iraq (3)
- Syria (3)
- United Kingdom (3)
- China (2)
- Libya (2)
- Russia (2)
- South Africa (2)
- South Korea (2)
- Sudan (2)
- United States (2)
- Afghanistan (1)
- Cuba (1)
- Egypt (1)
- France (1)
- India (1)
- Israel (1)
- Italy (1)
- Lebanon (1)
- Malaysia (1)
- Netherlands (1)
- Pakistan (1)
Type
- GSN Article (31)
