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'War of Nerves': A History of Chemical Weapons [36min]

The U.S. military searched without success for chemical weapons in Iraq. But author Jonathan Tucker says chemical warfare is still a serious threat. Guest: Jonathan Tucker, author of War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda; senior fellow at Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
Read entire article at NPR "Talk of the Nation"