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Iran Said to Be Producing Bioweapons (Anthrax?)
Washington Post ^ | 5/15/03 | Joby Warrick

Posted on 05/15/2003 4:54:34 AM PDT by truthandlife

Iran has begun production of weaponized anthrax and is actively working with at least five other pathogens, including smallpox, in a drive to build an arsenal of biological weapons, according to an opposition group that previously exposed a secret nuclear enrichment program in the country.

The group, Mujaheddin-e Khalq, citing informants inside the Iranian government, says the anthrax weapons are the first fruits of a program begun secretly in 2001 to triple the size of Iran's biowarfare program. The push for new biological weapons was launched in parallel with a more ambitious campaign to build massive nuclear facilities capable of producing components for nuclear bombs, said officials of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the political arm of the Mujaheddin, which seeks the overthrow of the Iranian government.

"We can say with certainty that the Iranian regime now has the capability of mass production of biological material for weapons use," Alireza Jafarzadeh, the council's U.S. representative, said in an interview. The group has scheduled a news conference today in Washington to release more details.

Although many weapons experts believe Iran maintains at least a rudimentary biological weapons program, few details are known. The CIA, in an unclassified report released this year, said Iran "probably" maintains an offensive biological weapons program and likely "has capabilities to produce small quantities" of biological agents.

The opposition group's claims, if true, would suggest that Iran's pursuit of biological weapons is more aggressive than previously believed.

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TOPICS: Anthrax Scare; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: anthrax; biowarfare; bioweapons; iran; mek

1 posted on 05/15/2003 4:54:34 AM PDT by truthandlife
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These are the Communists. Trust them unconditionally at your peril!
2 posted on 05/15/2003 6:16:19 AM PDT by shamusotoole
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3 posted on 05/15/2003 7:30:07 AM PDT by Free the USA (Stooge for the Rich)
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To: truthandlife
Syria, N. Korea, Iran? Anyone got a quater to toss?



4 posted on 05/15/2003 9:42:34 AM PDT by Tunehead54 (Support Our Troops!)
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To: truthandlife
Cuba trading bio-chem tech with Iran, Iraq, Syria (6/12/02)
5 posted on 05/17/2003 11:09:46 PM PDT by Orion78
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