Synopsis
"The
reality of bioterror struck America and the world in October
2001, as dramatic headlines stirred a national fear of
anthrax in the mail. Five people were killed and government
mail was delayed for months. People across the country
were stocking up on antibiotics to thwart the threat of
biological warfare."
In
the search for answers to the anthrax conundrum, many
will be interested to learn what has been brewing in laboratories
around the world under the guise of government research.
The West Nile virus that appeared in the Northeast in
1999 was identical to one that Iraqi president Saddam
Hussein planned to use in a bioterror attack.
The
former Soviet government has developed a deadly combination
of smallpox and Ebola. South Africa has funded biological
weapons research to target specific ethnic groups. America
controls stockpiles of various viruses for military use.
And - even more terrifying - these new super-viruses are
resistant to treatment.