-Caveat Lector- >From This is Bradford, http://www.thisisbradford.co.uk/bradford__district/bradford/news/BRAD_NEWS6.html> Professor's warning on warfare by Kanchan Dutt A leading warfare expert will tomorrow tell a major conference that genetic research is opening up the door for a new range of biological weapons. The University of Bradford's Professor Malcolm Dando will spell out the need for governments to ensure research into biotechnology and genetics does not lead to the birth of a new generation of weapons. Prof Dando will address the inaugural Global Forum for Law Enforcement and National Security in Edinburgh, looking at issues of national safety which will play a role over the next 20 years. The high-powered three-day meeting started today and is chaired by Lord Ashdown with judge William Webster, a former director of the CIA and FBI, taking part in a live satellite link. Prof Dando said the current `gentleman's agreement' binding major states to use genetic advances to battle illnesses and not each other was no longer strong enough to guarantee international peace. His role as professor of international security, part of the university's peace studies department, has led his team to receive regular Nato funding for research into the field and led to a personal invitation to the conference. He said: "The British discovered during the Second World War the best way of attacking humans is by spreading poisons in the air, and it is clear that the use of toxins on the battlefield will have rapid effects. "But until we had genetic engineering it was not possible to produce these toxins in large quantities." "Work by governments and academic institutions - including the University of Bradford - into genetics to tackle human illnesses has inadvertently opened the door for terrorist groups and unscrupulous dictators such as the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to use the research for weapons. "We know at the end of the Cold War the former USSR had biological weapons with genetically engineered enhanced resistance," said Prof Dando. "The conclusion is that if you don't prevent the misuse of this knowledge you could produce tailor-made pathogens. "You could actually set out to design a pathogen that no one would be able to deal with." He singled out foot and mouth as an example of how a natural virus can wreak havoc upon a nation's livestock and its economy, adding: "Imagine the destruction possible if someone decided to use the virus to attack another country - it would be horrendous." <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
