Papers Bush Developing a Policy of Striking First (Washington Post - Ricks and Loeb) "The Bush administration is developing a new strategic doctrine that moves away from the Cold War pillars of containment and deterrence toward a policy that supports preemptive attacks against terrorists and hostile states with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons." A first-strike military policy is a massive change over the policy of the past 50 years. 6-02 Dirty Bombs - Treatment With Potassium Iodide (Washington Post) "Potassium iodide would be helpful only if a dirty bomb used radioactive iodine instead of other radioactive substances, and then only for people close to the explosion." "Experts say a dirty bomb would probably use a substance other than radioactive iodine." 6-02 Editorial - Civil Rights and Dirty Bombs (International Herald Tribune) Argues that terrorism should be fought without suspending the civil rights of Americans. 6-02 Glossary - Nuclear Energy Safety Glossary (International Atomic Energy Agency) Provides technical definitions of terms related to nuclear energy and nuclear contamination. (In addition to use of biological and chemical weapons, some terrorists have shown an interest in using conventional bombs to contaminate areas with nuclear radiation.) 12-01 National Missile Defense - Global Nuclear Arsenel (BBC News) Describes how many nuclear warheads each country has and the distance it can deliver them. 7-01 Nuclear Arms Treaty to Reduce USA and Russian Stockpiles (BBC News) Russia and the USA will sign a treaty to reduce nuclear stockpiles. "The two leaders hope to cut the number of nuclear warheads on each side from their current levels of between 6,000 and 7,000 to between 1,700 and 2,200 over the next 10 years." 5-02

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