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Editor’s Note: In the fall 1997 issue of Asian Perspective, Milton Leitenberg addressed the weakening of international nonproliferation efforts with respect to biological weapons. He cited Iraq’s production and deployment of biological weapons as one ongoing concern that the international community should address with appropriately stern sanctions. In the following article, Mr. Leitenberg comments on the current controversy surrounding UN inspection of Iraq’s biological weapons program.
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The words "chemical and biological weapons" (CBW) send a shiver down most spines these days. With the end of the Cold War, the possibility of a massive nuclear confrontation appears remote, so today many popular doomsday scenarios center on the aggressive use of chemical or biological warfare by rogue nations or terrorist groups. As exaggerated as some of the accounts are, with CBW cast as the latest unseen, unstoppable enemy, the threat posed by these weapons is all too real, and growing.
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This review article examines the growing concern about the threat posed by the use of biological weapons by States or terrorist groups. The article analyzes the nature of the perceived risk from bioweapons, the historical attempts to control them, and the emerging policy and legal framework designed to deal with the bioweapon threat. (C) 1999 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.