In 1993, the affluent Washington D.C. neighborhood of Spring Valley was unaware of what lurked beneath their carefully manicured lawns and million-dollar homes. Contractors hired by a resident to build an inground pool suddenly found themselves short of breath and half the crew …
The thesis evaluates Middle Eastern foreign policy of the George W. Bush and Obama administrations in the Syrian civil war and the utilization of chemical weapons in August 2013. The United States' response to the chemical attack on Damascus highlights an inability to deal with …
The threat of chemical weapons use in the Middle East has been a serious global concern at least since the 1960s. In spite of the 1996 ban on chemical weapons through the Chemical Weapons Convention, chemical weapons continue to exist in some states, and other states have indica…
Starting in the late 1940's, nations throughout the world have been producing large quantities of organophosphorus (OP) nerve agents. Since that time huge stockpiles of nerve agents have been developed. For instance, the United States of America alone currently has more than 30,…