What does BW stand for?

The list of diseases that could be caused by the biological weapons includes cholera, yellow fever, smallpox, eruptive typhus, typhoid fever and dysentery, it said.

Study chairman Graham said anthrax remains the most likely biological weapon.

This report contends the programs have made significant contributions and that the US should continue to provide strong and sustained support, the executive branch should ensure integration of the programs with other biological threat reduction activities, that the programs should be more collaborative between the US and the country receiving help, that the programs should be expanded to include more facets of biological weapon deterrence, that the programs should re-invigorated through scientific exchanges and conferences in such countries as Russia and that the programs should be funded sufficiently to provide qualified technical staff.

Byline: The Associated Press LONDON The threat from biological weapons has outstripped that from chemical and nuclear arms because of the "riotous" progress of biotechnology, according to a British report.

Byline: MICHAEL SEAMARK Biological weapons Chemical weapons THESE are the key findings of the Iraq Survey Group dossier, written by CIA weapons inspector Charles Duelfer after 15 months searching Iraq for weapons of mass destruction.

It came as a former intelligence official who gave evidence to the Hutton Inquiry said crucial material which convinced spy chiefs Iraq was continuing to produce chemical and biological weapons may have been 'misinterpreted'.

The Iraqi military are able to deploy these weapons within 45 minutes of a decision to do so" From September dossier "Intelligence indicates that the Iraqi military are able to deploy chemical or biological weapons within 45 minutes of an order to do so" From September dossier "That this House .

The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats yesterday stepped up their demands for an investigation after the man heading the hunt for Saddam's arsenal said intelligence suggesting he had stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons was wrong.