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==Historical bioterrorism==

==Historical bioterrorism==

Bioterrorism has historical roots.  For example, it was not uncommon in medieval warfare to catapult diseased animals into a sieged city, or infect a city's water supply with diseased animals or bodies.  In 1763, during the [[French and Indian War]] a [[British]] General Lord Jeffrey Amherst supplied blankets from smallpox patients to a local Indian tribe for the purpose of reducing their numbers. <ref>http://academic.udayton.edu/health/syllabi/Bioterrorism/00intro02.htm</ref>

Bioterrorism has historical roots.  For example, it was not uncommon in medieval warfare to catapult diseased animals into a sieged city, or infect a city's water supply with diseased animals or bodies.  In 1763, during the [[French and Indian War]] a [[British]] General Lord Jeffrey Amherst supplied blankets from smallpox patients to a local Indian tribe for the purpose of reducing their numbers.<ref>http://academic.udayton.edu/health/syllabi/Bioterrorism/00intro02.htm</ref>

==Modern biowarfare and bioterrorism==

==Modern biowarfare and bioterrorism==

Biowarfare and bioterrorism has become even more deadly with the development of [[genetic engineering]] which allows terrorists to design germs and viruses to be resistant to [[antibiotic|antibiotics]] and to take on new and deadlier traits.

Biowarfare and bioterrorism has become even more deadly with the development of [[genetic engineering]] which allows terrorists to design germs and viruses to be resistant to [[antibiotic]]s and to take on new and deadlier traits.

Prior to the signing of the ban on Biological and Chemical Weapons signed by [[Richard Nixon]], the USAMRIID facility at Fort Detrick, Maryland was a testing and development center for biological weapons. <ref>http://www.detrick.army.mil/cutting_edge/index.cfm?chapter=chapter12</ref>  However, this was in response a pursuit of biological weapons by the [[USSR]].  Since 1974, USAMRIID has become one of the world's leading infectious disease research facilities.  

Prior to the signing of the ban on Biological and Chemical Weapons signed by [[Richard Nixon]], the USAMRIID facility at Fort Detrick, Maryland was a testing and development center for biological weapons.<ref>http://www.detrick.army.mil/cutting_edge/index.cfm?chapter=chapter12</ref>  However, this was in response a pursuit of biological weapons by the [[USSR]].  Since 1974, USAMRIID has become one of the world's leading infectious disease research facilities.  

The Soviet Union developed a number biological weapons including Smallpox and Anthrax.<ref>http://cryptome.org/smallpox-wmd.htm</ref>

The Soviet Union developed a number biological weapons including Smallpox and Anthrax.<ref>http://cryptome.org/smallpox-wmd.htm</ref>