Summary of Ken Alibek & Stephen Handelman's Biohazard

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#1 I was a colonel with the Soviet army, and I was called to a meeting at Soviet army headquarters on Frunze Street in Moscow. I was taken to a small adjoining room, where I was issued a pass, and then on to a guard booth, where a young soldier examined my pass and picture.

#2 I was asked to help prepare the missiles for launching. I had developed a more potent anthrax weapon, which allowed us to load more missiles with anthrax without straining our labs’ resources.

#3 The Soviet Union developed and produced the anthrax weapons. The weapons took one to five days to incubate in the body, and victims often didn’t know that they had been attacked until after they began to feel the first symptoms.

#4 The Soviet Union had developed several biological weapons, including anthrax, plague, and smallpox. The first symptoms of anthrax are a faint blue coloration of the skin, followed by aching pain in the lungs, which can lead to death within twenty-four hours.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669398080

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Insights on Ken Alibek & Stephen Handelman's Biohazard

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was a colonel with the Soviet army, and I was called to a meeting at Soviet army headquarters on Frunze Street in Moscow. I was taken to a small adjoining room, where I was issued a pass, and then on to a guard booth, where a young soldier examined my pass and picture.

#2

I was asked to help prepare the missiles for launching. I had developed a more potent anthrax weapon, which allowed us to load more missiles with anthrax without straining our labs’ resources.

#3

The Soviet Union developed and produced the anthrax weapons. The weapons took one to five days to incubate in the body, and victims often didn’t know that they had been attacked until after they began to feel the first symptoms.

#4

The Soviet Union had developed several biological weapons, including anthrax, plague, and smallpox. The first symptoms of anthrax are a faint blue coloration of the skin, followed by aching pain in the lungs, which can lead to death within twenty-four hours.

#5

I had risen to the top of Russian power, but I had grown up in a system that gave few privileges to non-Russians. I had earned as much as a Soviet government minister, but what mattered was the special status that gave me access to perks and influence.

#6

I had met with the general in charge of the KGB building, Yury Kalinin, to discuss using Soviet missiles to kill terrorists. He knew everything already. I wondered if Lebedinsky had called him.

#7

I worked in a large office with a high ceiling and a window that looked out over a park by the riverbank. I had inherited the oak desk from my predecessor, which held the real symbols of my authority: five telephones.

#8

The third floor was home to the First Department, which was responsible for maintaining our secret files and all communications with Biopreparat facilities around the country. It was administered by the KGB.

#9

The Aral Sea is a tear-shaped speck in the Central Asian countries of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. It was the antithesis