-Caveat Lector- http://www.iol.co.za/html/frame_news.php?click_id=79&art_id=qw992952661313B 216 The Independent Onine 'Foot-and-mouth could become a war weapon' June 19 2001 at 02:11PM Edinburgh - Foot-and-mouth disease and other deadly viruses could be used as weapons in future wars, academics and security experts warned on Tuesday. The warning came at the start of a four-day conference in Edinburgh where more than 200 speakers are to discuss security threats posed by biotechnological and environmental changes. Robert Hall, director of the Global Forum for Law Enforcement and National Security, said foot-and-mouth had caused economic disaster for many people in Britain. "It would not take a great deal of imagination to see what organised crime or a hostile country could do with such a biological agent if it wanted to ruin the economic security of a country, and the economy is one of the main ways we measure a country's stability these days," Hall said. 'The natural outbreak we have just seen was bad enough' Professor Malcolm Dando of Bradford University, who will discuss the threat of a new breed of genetically-engineered weapon later in the conference, said other natural viruses have long been considered biological weapons. "Foot-and-mouth is one of the obvious agents you would use if you wanted to attack a country's animal stock," Dando said. "It has been taken very seriously as a possible weapon since the 1940s." "The natural outbreak we have just seen was bad enough, so you can imagine what someone could achieve if the virus was spread deliberately, how easy it would be to do and how difficult it would be to tackle," Dando said. The conference is looking at new security issues over the next 20 years. Hall said it would "look at how the technological revolution, including the revolution in biotechnology and genetics, is going to give new opportunities but also throw us new threats in the changing of security issues". 'The economy is one of the main ways we measure a country's stability these days' Foot-and-mouth disease broke out in Britain in February, devastating huge swathes of countryside, farming communities and the tourist industry. It has now been largely controlled. According to latest government figures, the livestock virus has been recorded on more than 1 760 sites, leading to the slaughter of nearly 3.5-million animals. ======================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh,, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ======================================================= <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
