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Can Saddam Prevent Defeat by Using His Weapons of Mass Destruction?

Overthrowing Saddam Hussein: The Policy Debate

Overthrowing Saddam Hussein: The Policy Debate

February 1, 2000 | Max Singer
Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi dictator, has biological weapons capable of killing hundreds of thousands of Israelis with infectious diseases such as anthrax. These weapons could be delivered either by missiles, by small pilotless planes, or by infecting the passengers of a plane landing at Ben-Gurion Airport with less than an ounce of agent spread through the plane's air conditioning system.