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Dark Harvest Commando. The Dark Harvest Commando of the Scottish Citizen Army (DHC) was a militant group which in 1981 demanded that the British government decontaminate Gruinard Island, a site which had been used for anthrax weapon testing during World War II. They distributed on the mainland potentially anthrax-laden soil.
None. References. [3] [4] [5] Gruinard Island ( / ˈɡrɪnjərd / GRIN-yərd; [6] Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Ghruinneard) is a small, oval-shaped Scottish island approximately 2 kilometres ( 1⁄ miles) long by 1 km ( ⁄ mi) wide, located in Gruinard Bay, about halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool. [7] At its closest point to the mainland, it is ...
Operation Vegetarian was an unused British biowarfare military operation plan developed from 1942 to 1944 during World War II. The plan consisted of disseminating linseed cakes infected with anthrax spores into the countryside of Nazi Germany. [ 1] These cakes would have been eaten by the cattle, which would then be consumed by the human ...
Anthrax weaponization is the development and deployment of the bacterium Bacillus anthracis or, more commonly, its spore (referred to as anthrax ), as a biological weapon. As a biological weapon, anthrax has been used in biowarfare and bioterrorism since 1914. [ 1] However, in 1975 the Biological Weapons Convention prohibited the "development ...
Gruinard Bay. Coordinates: 57.893°N 5.492°W. Gruinard Bay with Gruinard Island and the Summer Isles in the distance. Gruinard Bay is a large remote coastal embayment, located 12 miles north of Poolewe, in northwestern Ross and Cromarty, and is in the former parish of Lochbroom, in the west coast of Scotland .
The Most Dangerous Beaches In the World Buena Vista Images - Getty Images. ... Many people visit Norway’s Lofoten Islands for a prime view of the northern lights, and while it may be tempting to ...
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From the "Shark Attack Capital of the World" to "The Beach of the Dead," here are 10 of the world's most dangerous beaches. (MORE: World's Most Crowded Beaches) 1. Cape Tribulation, Australia ...