"Who's the biggest terrorist in the world today?"

"Bush, Cheney, and the CIA." That's how one of the chants I heard yesterday goes. And, while the U.S. accuses others of pursuing weapons of mass destruction to use in the pursuit of terrorism, and indeed used that as their primary justification for the invasion of Iraq, the fact remains that not only does the U.S. possess more weapons of mass destruction than all the rest of the countries of the world combined, but that it also continues to pursue the enhancement of those weapons more aggressively than any other country. I'm sure readers (but, most likely, not even a significant percentage of all Americans) know how the U.S. is developing new generations of "tactical" (="usable") nuclear weapons. But here's the latest development:

"The US military wants to buy large quantities of anthrax, in a controversial move that is likely to raise questions over its commitment to treaties designed to limit the spread of biological weapons.

"A series of contracts have been uncovered that relate to the US army's Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. They ask companies to tender for the production of bulk quantities of a non-virulent strain of anthrax, and for equipment to produce significant volumes of other biological agents.

"A spokesperson for Dugway said the anthrax contract is still at the pre-solicitation stage, and the base has not yet acquired the agent. They refused to say what it will be used for."
The anthrax attacks in the United States, still an unsolved mystery, almost certainly grow directly out of U.S. "research" into biological weapons.
(Hat tip to Suburban Guerilla)