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Plants with toxic alkaloids - University of Washington

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Biological warfare in the history <strong>of</strong> our World<br />

Indians invented a special assassination weapon- poison<br />

maidens. They send dancing girls contact <strong>with</strong> whom = death.<br />

Alex the Great was a chosen recipient <strong>of</strong> such a girl in 327 BC.<br />

Pontic honey = was used by the ancient Georgians (Colchis,<br />

Pontus) to poison Pompey’s Roman soldiers which were<br />

pursuing Mithridates to the Crimea. Mithridates was a<br />

Greek king & a leading <strong>toxic</strong>ilologist. He designed the<br />

universal antidote to prevent himself from being poisoned.<br />

When he killed himself <strong>with</strong> poison – his end was painful.<br />

World war 1 & 2: Churchill uses poisonous gas against the<br />

Kurds when Britain occupies Iraq. Later repeated by<br />

Saddam Hussein after armistice <strong>with</strong> US. During WWII<br />

CSS/CIA tries to pacify Hitler by injecting female hormones<br />

into his vegies (he was a belligerent vegetarian and antialcoholic).<br />

2002 Pentagon develops mind-altering pacifiing<br />

volatiles that can be sprayed or shot <strong>with</strong> bullets/granates.<br />

This can be used against a population mixed <strong>with</strong> terrorists.

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