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In early 1998 the UK Defence Secretary announced to the House of Commons that it was believed that at the time of the first Gulf war Iraq could have possessed large quantities of a chemical weapons agent known as ‘Agent 15’.1 A US Congressional Research Service Issue Brief of April 1998 suggested that: 2 ‘exposure to about 100 milligrams in aerosolized form would be sufficient to incapacitate. Symptoms, which begin within 30 minutes of exposure and may last several days, include dizziness, vomiting, confusion, stupor, hallucinations, and irrational behavior …’
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Dando, M. (2007). Preventing the Future Military Misuse of Neuroscience. In: Rappert, B. (eds) Technology and Security. New Security Challenges Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230591882_8
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