U.S. Army To Ramp Up Anthrax Purchasing

An anonymous reader writes "New Scientist reports that the U.S. Army wants to purchase a large supply of an anthrax strain." From the article: "A series of contracts have been uncovered that relate to the US army's Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. They ask companies to tender for the production of bulk quantities of a non-virulent strain of anthrax, and for equipment to produce significant volumes of other biological agents ... Although the Sterne strain is not thought to be harmful to humans and is used for vaccination, the contracts have caused major concern. 'It raises a serious question over how the US is going to demonstrate its compliance with obligations under the Biological Weapons Convention if it brings these tanks online,'"

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[LtOcelot]

He refused to allow a vigorous inspection to prove he didn't have them.

I guess the UN inspectors recalled immediately before the US invasion just weren't vigorous enough, eh?

And anyway, he likely had them up 'til the day of the invasion, when they were trucked to Syria.

Rationalization springs eternal.