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Operation Vegetarian

Operation Vegetarian

Q "Operation Vegetarian" was an allied military operation during World War II involving the anthrax bacillus. The British made cakes with anthrax spores and planned to drop them on the fields of Germany to wipe out the beef and dairy herds. This was planned for the summer of 1944 but was never carried out. How likely do you think that a biological terrorist attack could be successful in this country? Are we prepared to respond to a biological attack?

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The concept of bioweapon did not come in 21 st century rather these type of agents were used for hundreds of years. For example, in 1785 plague tainted clothes were used by Tunisian forces as a weapon in the siege of La Calle. British officers made a plan to transmit smallpox to Native Americans at the time of Pontiac’s Rebellion. But there is no evidence whether they carried this or not.