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Geneva Protocol 1925

Law enforcement; Terrorism

The first treaty to prohibit the use of biological weapons. The 1925 Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use In War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases and ...

Georgia

Law enforcement; Terrorism

Former Soviet republic just south of Chechnya. Allegedly, military advisers my be sent into Georgia to train Georgian troops to find Chechen rebels who have ties to Al Qaeda. ...

germ warfare

Law enforcement; Terrorism

The use of biological agents to cause harm to targeted people either directly, by bringing the people into contact with the agents or indirectly, by infecting other animals and ...

Germany

Law enforcement; Terrorism

In November, 2001, Germany volunteered 3,900 troops to the war in Afghanistan. All troops were in non-combative roles.In September, 2002, the German Justice Minister compared ...

glanders

Law enforcement; Terrorism

An infectious bacterial disease known to cause inflammation in horses, donkeys, mules, goats, dogs and cats. Human infection has not been seen since 1945, but because so few ...

Great Britain

Law enforcement; Terrorism

The United States' closest ally, sent troops to Afghanistan and to Iraq.British anti-terrorist officers found ricin, one of the most deadly poisons, leading to the arrest of 13 ...

ground zero

Law enforcement; Terrorism

From 1946 until September 11, 2001, ground zero was the point directly above, below, or at which a nuclear explosion occurs or the center or origin of rapid, intense, or violent ...

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