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Russia, US Warn Of Massive Deaths If WMD Falls Into The Wrong Hands
Russia and the United States warned of apocalyptic consequences Monday if weapons of mass destruction (WMD) fall into the wrong hands and encouraged more countries to join an anti-proliferation initiative in a joint article published in the Russian daily Izvestia. "Terrorists obtaining nuclear, chemical, biological or radiological weapons would mean only one thing: mass death and destruction far exceeding what happened in the US on September 11," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in the article. Lavrov and Rice welcomed their two countries' cooperation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) that aims to clamp down on the smuggling of materials used in WMD and encouraged more countries to join. "The more participants there are, the better, and their number is constantly rising," the foreign policy chiefs said, adding that over 60 members of PSI currently conduct anti-proliferation exercises and share information against WMD smuggling. Lavrov and Rice cited the case of Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, a Pakistani nuclear scientist who leaked nuclear secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya as an example of the lengths that criminals will go to obtain WMD. Announced by US President George W. Bush in May 2003, the PSI has carried out 16 anti-WMD exercises led by different countries, with scenarios including a chemical weapons-laden train stopped in Czech Republic and Spanish fighter jets intercepting a plane carrying WMD from Italy. Russia joined the PSI last year, the article said. Related LinksSpaceWar Search SpaceWar Subscribe To SpaceWar Express 
Turf War Rages Over New Intel Reforms
Washington DC (UPI) June 30, 2005The Bush administration Wednesday announced its response to the recommendations of the president's commission on intelligence - agreeing to establish a new intelligence service within the FBI, set up a national center to oversee efforts to counter the spread of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons technology and appoint a new senior official to manage all human intelligence activities. |
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