CBRNews GLOBAL CBRN THREATS AND ACTIVITY
Don’t hold your breath The Home Front Command of Israel is poised to run out of gas masks within months, leaving nearly half of the Israeli population without protective kits. The data shows that in the most vulnerable area to attack, stretching from Haifa to Ashdod, 38% of the citizens don't have gas masks. In cities that are less exposed, such as Jerusalem and Eilat, distribution centres have never opened. As a result, only 15% of residents in Jerusalem have a gas mask while some 52% of Tel Aviv residents are in possession of the protective equipment. The months of November and December 2011 saw a sharp spike in citizens arriving at post offices to receive their free kits, just after the United Nations nuclear watchdog released a report claiming that Iran is in the process of developing nuclear weapons.
Is this the card you are thinking of? How about this one… The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),
confirmed both the existence of sulphur mustard and munitions that were overlooked by the Gadafy regime. The new Libyan government now has until the end of April to propose a new plan to destroy all remaining dangerous chemical materials. Given that the new government exposing the data is the only reason the OPCW know about it, throwing deadlines for destruction around seems a little unnecessary. Would a regime that wished to use them have told the OPCW, or would they have let them remain a secret? More worryingly reports indicate that Gadafy-era weaponry has been smuggled out of the country and used by rebels in insurgent attacks in Mali.
Attempted armed robbery used chemical spray in North Lincolnshire An attempted armed robbery in the UK saw robbers use a handheld spray to incapacitate a shopkeeper. It is not currently known what the chemical spray was, but recent attacks have included low-level irritants such as pepper spray and CS gas. There
appears to have been an increase in robberies and criminal activity where a chemical spray has been used. This could indicate that more criminals are diversifying the tools at their disposal, in order to use the fear/shock factor to conduct the robbery.
We’ve run out of creamer – try using this anthrax instead Police agencies in Pakistan recently announced that they are currently conducting an investigation into a package containing anthrax that was allegedly sent to the office of the prime minister in the capital, Islamabad. In what appears to be the first reported case of anthrax sent to a government official in the country, the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research has offered no explanation as to why it has taken so long to register the case with police. The package is rumoured to have been mailed from the southern province of Sindh. Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city and the trans-shipment point for many of the supplies sent to U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan, is located in Sindh.
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