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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


February 2004 - United States Special Weapons News

  • Spread of WMD Called Threat to Interests of All Washington File 26 Feb 2004 -- Ambassador Jackie Wolcott Sanders, the U.S. Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament (CD), has urged CD member states to work together to halt the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and related technologies.
  • World: A Lively Nuclear Black Market Raises Fears Of Terrorists Getting The Bomb (Part 1) RFE/RL 26 Feb 2004 -- World: A Lively Nuclear Black Market Raises Fears Of Terrorists Getting The Bomb (Part 1)
  • World: Stopping Proliferation Requires Tough New Laws (Part 2) RFE/RL 26 Feb 2004 -- New revelations regarding the extent of the global black market in nuclear technology are raising concerns that international terrorist groups could have greater access to such materials than previously thought.
  • BusH NON-PROLIFERATION SPEECH: INTERNATIONAL ACTION IS 'BADLY NEEDED' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 23 Feb 2004
  • Stopping Nuclear Proliferation VOA 22 Feb 2004 -- Pakistan's top nuclear scientist has confessed to being at the center of an international black market in nuclear weapons technology. In the wake of revelations about his dangerous trade, President George W. Bush is calling for new international cooperation to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
  • Powell: Fusion of WMD and Terrorists Must Be Prevented Washington File 20 Feb 2004 -- The free people of the world, not terrorists or those engaged in proliferation, will define the essence of the 21st century, Secretary of State Colin Powell told an audience gathered February 20 to celebrate the 100th birthday of Cold War containment architect George Kennan.
  • U.S. Rolls Out New Electronic Defense Export Licensing System Washington File 20 Feb 2004 -- The U.S. Department of State has launched its new electronic licensing system for defense exports that will make coordination of the licensing process with the Department of Defense and other federal agencies more efficient and effective, says Assistant Secretary of State Lincoln Bloomfield.
  • BUSH ON NON-PROLIFERATON VOA 19 Feb 2004 -- President Bush's speech on ways to halt the spread of nuclear proliferation is continuing to draw comment in the foreign press
  • Japan, US agree to boost cooperation in nuke nonproliferation PLA Daily 19 Feb 2004 -- Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday to boost cooperation to strengthen international efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear technologies, Japanese foreign ministry said.
  • President Reiterates Need to Curb the Proliferation of WMD Washington File 14 Feb 2004 -- In his weekly address to the nation February 14, President Bush said the greatest threat to humanity is the "possibility of secret and sudden attack with weapons of mass destruction" and he discussed several domestic and international initiatives to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
  • Bush Says Terrorists Must Lose Race for Weapons of Mass Murder AFPS 14 Feb 2004 -- When suicidal terrorists used commercial airliners as bombs on Sept. 11, 2001, it raised the prospect of even worse dangers: terrorists armed with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons, President Bush said in his weekly radio address today.
  • BUSH / W-M-D VOA 14 Feb 2004 -- President Bush wants to expand international law enforcement efforts to stop the flow of technology and expertise relating to weapons of mass destruction. From the White House, V-O-A's Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush used his weekly radio address to repeat his call to limit sales of nuclear enrichment and reprocessing equipment.
  • Congressional Report Faults Export Verification Program Washington File 12 Feb 2004 -- The investigative agency of Congress has criticized as weak the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) program intended to verify that foreign users of U.S. advanced technology exports are complying with export license requirements.
  • NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION VOA 12 Feb 2004 -- President Bush Wednesday outlined proposed new steps to counter nuclear proliferation. The anti-proliferation initiative follows news that a Pakistan-based network peddled sensitive nuclear weapons technology abroad. Stemming the flow of such technology is a difficult task.
  • U.S.: Bush Proposes Major New Initiatives To Stop Nuclear Proliferation RFE/RL 12 Feb 2004 -- U.S. President George W. Bush, declaring that terrorists armed with nuclear material could pose "the greatest threat to mankind," is proposing a new initiative to restrict sales of nuclear technology and limit the number of nations allowed to produce nuclear fuel. Bush has outlined a seven-point plan that includes a ban on any new states acquiring uranium-reprocessing capabilities. The U.S. proposal is likely to be controversial since it undercuts a key provision of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which allows countries that promise not to develop nuclear weapons to receive broad help in producing their own civilian nuclear power.
  • The German-American Relationship After Iraq US Dept. of State 12 Feb 2004 -- John R. Bolton, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Conference of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
  • FUEL CELL PLANT VOA 11 Feb 2004 -- A big step has been taken in energy innovation (Tuesday) at a chemical plant in the city of Freeport, Texas, about 100 kilometers south of Houston. U-S Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham and Texas Governor Rick Perry inaugurated a fuel-cell electricity system. It is the world's first such plant operated by electricity generated from fuel cells. As V-O-A's Greg Flakus reports from Houston, this pilot project could lead to further development of the technology for lighting homes and powering vehicles.
  • BUSH - WEAPONS VOA 11 Feb 2004 -- President Bush is calling for tougher international action to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction. Mr. Bush says current non-proliferation efforts have not done the job.
  • Bush Asks for Tougher Focus on Weapons of Mass Destruction AFPS 11 Feb 2004 -- The United States and its allies "will act on every lead to find the middlemen, the suppliers and the buyers" to stop the spread of deadly weapons, President Bush said today, proposing ways to strengthen the world's efforts toward that goal.
  • President Announces New Measures to Counter the Threat of WMD Remarks by the President on Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation Fort Lesley J. McNair - National Defense University Washington, D.C.
  • Fact Sheet: Strengthening International Efforts Against WMD Proliferation
  • US Army closes chemical weapons furnace after possible sarin leakage PLA Daily 06 Feb 2004 -- The US Army has shut down a chemical weapons incinerator following an alarm on Wednesday afternoon indicating a possible leak of sarin, a deadly nerve agent.



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