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Bacteriologic Terrorism by Manuel Cereijo

What is biologic terrorism? Biologic terrorism, or bioterrorism involves the use of biologic agents on the part of those perpetrators to further or obtain their political objectives. The biological agents are pathogens or toxins. The pathogens are microorganisms that cause illnesses or diseases. The most common are bacillus anthracis, that causes Anthrax, the Yersinia pestis that cause the Plague, and the virus Small Pox.

The toxins, contrary to pathogenic agents, who are living microorganisms, they are poisonous chemicals derived from living organisms. The most well known of these is botulina (botchulism?), a bacterium, from which is derived Ricin, which is extracted from a vegetable seed.

A group or terrorist nation/country that has decided to use biological weapons does so motivated by two reasons. First, the chemical agents can be used for special objectives. For example, if you want to be able to incapacitate a large number of people without the possibility of death. Or if you want to cause economic damage, like destroying agriculture or harvests (citric ? cancer, for example) or the fauna. Above all, they are able to think of the damage that can be caused naturally, eliminating suspicion.

The second serious reason is if you want to cause death and sickness in great numbers. This method is more dangerous and more concerning. The biological weapons are relatively more deadly than thermonuclear weapons. For example, 100 kilos of Anthrax dispersed in Washington would be able to cause 3 million deaths. In contrast, a nuclear megaton would be able to cause approximately 1.5 million deaths.

Sure, a biologic agent, is only able to be used as a weapon if it is disseminated appropriately. That is to say, the objective is to infest a greater number of people at one time. The grater threat is the biologic agent that is able to be introduced/dispersed in an aerosol 'cloud' or form. "This form of dissemination, not only able to infect an extensive area, but it has been verified that many disease are deadly when contracted this way."

Luckily, aerosol dissemination, fortunately, has less effectiveness with the elimination of the danger of virulence or many pathogenic agents scattered like this. Without borders This is not the case of Anthrax or Small Pox. Other important factors relate to biological pathogens whose effects are not able to seen for two or three days, making it more difficult to find an appropriate treatment, especially without the identification of from where or when it came (was contracted).

Various countries recognized as countries that are members of terrorist nations are also suspects in having biological weapons. Among those are: Cuban, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Syria and Sudan. Unfortunately, little of the activities of these countries in this "camp" are known, except for Iraq, which we should be able to know from UNSCOM efforts.

Whichever countries are in the pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology, even only to a middle extent, are many times also able to produce or develop biological weapons. That is to say, if you have the technology to create/produce vaccines, medicines, drugs, pharmaceuticals, or centers of genetic engineering, they also possess the technology to fabricate/produce biological weapons or are able to use biological weapons. Cuba possesses these industries and research centers of in both numbers and qualities, to be able to produce these agents.

The dissemination of these arms in a terrorist attack is relatively simple. The effectiveness depends mostly on the method and atmospheric conditions. Completely disguising the development of biological weapons, camouflaged as a biotechologic industry or pharmaceutical industry would be very easy.

One has advanced over the last years in the prevention and responses to a bioterrorist attack. Nevertheless, there is still a lot to do. Indicators of this sort of attack do not usually exist in advance. We need to be sure that the federal, state, and local authorities improve their systems of prevention and detection of illnesses/deseases, and with the identification and monitoring of the countries most likely to be part of these types of activities.