the rollback of south africa's biological warfare program

State in its successful prosecution of De Kock in his capacity as head of the
CCB unit of the South African police.
208 The judge also threw out two murder charges that occurred in Swaziland
and a plot by an SADF hit squad to contaminate the water of a SWAPO transit
camp with cholera shortly before the Namibian elections. The judge upheld the
state’s right to prosecute Basson for the death of a Swapo member who was
fed poisoned “jungle juice” in Owamboland because this victim was flown to a
military hospital in South Africa for treatment and thus, died within the court’s
jurisdiction (Week Two, CCR Trial summary).
209 Interview with Dr. Torie Pretorius, Prosecutor, 12 July 2000.
210 Marlene Burger, the investigative reporter who is taking notes during the
trial for the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), observed in a phone
interview that this was a highly unusual. In most complex cases involving
intricate corporate maneuvers judges bring in expert assessors to help them
interpret the evidence. (Interview, July 2000).
211 Quotes taken from the CCR Trial Summary for week twelve.
212 Interviews with South African authorities, July 2000
213 Interviews with U.S. authorities, July 2000.
214 Frontline transcripts from Plague Wars: A report on biological weapons
threats and how the Soviet Union secretly amassed an arsenal of bio-weapons,
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/plague/sa/ .
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