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US military prepares for Iraq to use chemical and biological weapons.
- Source :
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Lancet . 2/22/2003, Vol. 361 Issue 9358, p628. 1p. 1 Color Photograph. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Reports that United States military officials are expecting that Iraq will use chemical and biological weapons against the U.S. and allied forces in the event of a war. How Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has used such weapons in the past; Statement that U.S. officials suspect that Saddam's arsenal includes nerve agents such as Soman and sarin; How U.S. troops have been vaccinated against anthrax and smallpox; Detection devices that trigger whenever they detect anything that resembles a chemical or biological weapon; Report that U.S. troops have been equipped with auto-injection kits so they can give themselves injections of the nerve-agent antidote atropine followed by 2-pralidoxime.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01406736
- Volume :
- 361
- Issue :
- 9358
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Lancet
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9138292
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12621-9