"The most spectacular incident of biological warfare?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 30 Mar 2026 1:38 p.m. PST |
"The United States was under attack. In New York City, the twin towers of the World Trade Centre had been destroyed. In Washington D.C., a gaping hole was punched into the western side of Pentagon. Americans asked themselves ‘what was next'? The answer would arrive in the post. Envelopes arrived at the offices of newspapers, television stations and politicians. They contained a brown powder. It was anthrax, a terrifying and lethal bacterial disease. The attacks resulted in the deaths of five people. It was a doomsday scenario that worried emergency services and terrified the general public. Biological warfare had come to our cities…"
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 20thmaine  | 30 Mar 2026 4:10 p.m. PST |
Smallpox hospital blankets "donated" to native peoples ? |
 McKinstry  | 30 Mar 2026 7:07 p.m. PST |
I believe the Japanese biological/chemical warfare unit 731 is by far, the single leader in this atrocious category. The current estimates of their victims are between 200,000 and 300,000 Chinese through various bioweapons and an additional 14,000 directly in their facility. That the Chinese are still very touchy with Japan is, in part, thanks to this horror. |
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