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Tularemia is an infectious disease caused by a hardy bacterium, Francisella tularensis, found in animals, particularly especially rabbits, hares, and rodents. Symptoms depend upon how the person was exposed to tularemia but can include difficulty breathing, chest pain, bloody sputum, swollen and painful lymph glands, ulcers on the mouth or skin, swollen and painful eyes, and a sore throat. Symptoms usually appear from 3 to 5 days after exposures but sometimes will take up to two weeks. Tularemia is not spread from person to person, so people who have it need not be isolated.
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A NATO ally which had promised to provide leadership in a peacekeeping force in Afghanistan. They did, however, demand contracts and assistance for long-term reconstruction projects in the war-torn nation and help with its own overwhelming debt.
Washington played a crucial role in helping Turkey get $16 billion in loans, at which time Turkey also said it would allow the United States to use military bases there if the United Nations approved military action against neighboring Iraq.
In March, 2003, during the war in Iraq, Turkey's government refused to allow American troops on their soil unless their demands to receive over $30 billion in loans and grants were met.
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By its resolution 687 of 3 April 1991, the United Nations Security Council established the terms and conditions for the formal cease-fire between Iraq and the coalition of Member States co-operating with Kuwait. Section C of this resolution called for the elimination, under international supervision, of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles with a range greater than 150 kilometres (km), together with related items and production facilities. It also called for measures to ensure that the acquisition and production of prohibited items were not resumed. The United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) was set up to implement the non-nuclear provisions of the resolution and to assist the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the nuclear areas. The precise terms are laid out in paragraphs 7 to 13 of the resolution.
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A former republic of the USSR who agreed to let the U.S. base in their country for rescue and humanitarian reasons. They did, however, veto any launching of air or ground attacks from their country.
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According to the National Defense Authorization Act: Any weapon or device that is intended, or has the capability, to cause death or serious bodily injury to a significant number of people through the release, dissemination, or impact of
* (A) toxic or poisonous chemicals or their precursors;
* (B) a disease organism; or
* (C) radiation or radioactivity.
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Irrational fear of strangers or those who are different from oneself.
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Muslim region of China which is trying to secede and wish to become “East Turkistan”. The East Turkestan Islamic Movement is on America's terrorist.
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The country where the USS Cole was attacked, this is also the birthplace of bin Laden's father.
In December 2002, a North Korean cargo ship destined for Yemen was seized by Spanish forces. On the ship was discovered a shipment of Scud missiles hidden under bags of cement mix.The government of Yemen demanded their weapons, and with U.S. consent, the ship was released on its way to Yemen.
In December, 2002, a gunman cradling his gun like a baby slipped into a hospital and murdered three American missionaries and wounded a fourth. And in March, 2003, an American and a Canadian employed at a Western Oil company were killed by a terrorist gunman who then turned the gun on himself.
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