From: The Deviant <deviant@pooh-corner.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 13:46:53 -0800 (PST)
To: Jim Wise <jim@santafe.arch.columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: [No joke] The Feds may legally gas us
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On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Jim Wise wrote:

> 
> > The Deviant wrote:
> > > On Fri, 13 Dec 1996, Lucky Green wrote:
> > > Folks,
> > > Did you know that the Feds may legally test chemical and biological weapons
> > > on the civilian population as long as they give 30 days advance notice to
> >
> > No, they can't.  Development, testing, and use of Biological weapons is
> > banned by the Geneva conventions (among others).  International treaty
> > outweighs USC.
> 
> Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the Geneva conventions do not apply
> to nations acting upon their own citizens...  This showed up in the legal
> wrangling over whether the brutality in Bosnia-Herzegovena was part of a
> civil war or a war between nations, and hence whether an international
> tribunal had authority...
> 

True; the Geneva conventions only apply to use on other nation's
citizenry, but i did note "among others".  There are several more which
ban development and testing of biological weapons (the names of which i
cannot recall, they are mentioned in the nonfiction book "Hot Zone").

 --Deviant
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