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Report: Russia Has Smallpox Biological Weapon
American Foreign Policy Council
August 23, 1999

American military scientists are developing defense vaccines against smallpox -- a disease wiped out in nature, but one that still threatens thanks to ongoing biological weapons programs.
Smallpox is caused by the variola virus. According to the Washington Times, "there are reports that Russia has created a biological weapon utilizing variola.

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Just heard on PmSNBC being discussed w/Lester Holt and a pentagon correspondent Jeannie Ohm.