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...commander of NATO forces. To those who would have Haig replaced, one might suggest the words of the Austrian statesman, Prince Metternich, who once said, "An intelligent man can make up the lack of everything except experience." At a time when the question of nuclear weapons deployment on European soil threatens the alliance as never before, the respect Haig commands among European leaders may prove invaluable. But this potentially tremendous influence can be substantially diminished if foreign leaders question the American president's trust in his chief envoy...
...British newspapers and TV and radio stations received typed statements that bore the heading OPERATION DARK HARVEST.The message demanded that the government solve the problem of the island's contamination by burying the bacilli beneath thick layers of reinforced concrete, sand and other materials, or by removing the soil completely and burying it elsewhere, or by soaking the island in potassium permanganate solution, or by raising "the temperature of the island to about 1,000° C for two minutes...
With the aim of getting their island back, "properly laundered," the statement continued, a "team of microbiologists from two universities," aided by local people, had recently landed on the island and carefully collected 300 Ibs. of soil samples. "Over the next twelve-month period, these bags will be deposited at appropriate points that will ensure the rapid loss of indifference of the government and the equally rapid education of the general public." Accordingly, the message concluded, the first "seeds of death" were being sent to the place from which they had come: "Porton Down has just received a gift from...
Sure enough, the first package of dirt, weighing 10 Ibs., was found the same day near the Porton Down laboratories, and analysis showed that it contained Bacillus anthracis. Although the box that showed up at Blackpool did not contain anthrax spores, officials said the soil was similar to that on Gruinard Island...
Since 1945 there have been at least 130 conflicts that would qualify as wars, nearly all of them fought on the soil of poor nations with weapons purchased from rich ones. And a cascading supply of sophisticated weapons is an ever growing temptation to terrorist fanatics unbeholden to any rational standard of conduct. When the latest models of shoulder-held, heat-seeking missiles can be bought at any village bazaar, where will it be safe for any plane...