By maintaining the covert status of his entire biological stockpile, Saddam may believe he retains the option of carrying out biological terrorism with impunity.
U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen said today the the United States has "a long way to go" in its ability to respond to the threat posed by chemical and biological terrorism.
NATO's arsenal towards the inter-related issues of terrorism, chemical and biological warfare, and missile proliferation.
So, the window (actually, he's being careful right now), will close by 2005, and we expect him then to be a lot more aggressive with his neighbors and encouraging terrorism, and using biological weapons.
So it is always best to remember that we have to try to work for peace in the Middle East, for peace in Northern Ireland, for an end to terrorism, for protections against biological and chemical weapons being used in the first place.
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European foreign ministers who met in Luxembourg on Monday warned that closer trade and economic links with Iran would have to be matched by Iranian efforts to stop terrorism and the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
Chief among these interests are: counter-terrorism, disposal of Soviet-built chemical and biological weapons, security of nuclear and radiological materials, arms control, nonproliferation, and the responsible withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan.
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All this points to a serious gap in the country's preparedness to deal with a biological-weapons threat, despite the Clinton administration's efforts to increase anti-terrorism spending over the past two years.
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President Bush upping the ante on America's war against terrorism and the United States officially urging Nato this week to get tough with countries who may be developing biological, chemical and nuclear weapons.
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