Day: March 7, 2020

US & Terrorism in Xinjiang

Ms. Cat

South Asia Analysis Group 

Paper no. 499

24. 07. 2002

US & TERRORISM IN XINJIANG
by B. Raman

The annual report on the Patterns of Global Terrorism during 2001 of the Counter-Terrorism Division  of the US State Department states as follows on China’s contribution to the war of the international coalition against terrorism:

 2. “Chinese officials strongly condemned the September 11 attacks and announced China would strengthen cooperation with the international community in fighting terrorism on the basis of the UN Charter and international law.  China voted in support of both UN Security Council resolutions after the attack.  Its vote for Resolution 1368 marked the first time it has voted in favor of authorizing the international use of force.  China also has taken a constructive approach to terrorism problems in South and Central Asia, publicly supporting the Coalition campaign in Afghanistan and using its influence with Pakistan to urge support for multinational efforts against the Taliban and al-Qaida.  China and the United States began a counterterrorism dialogue in late-September, which was followed by further discussions during Ambassador Taylor’s (Francis Taylor, the State Department’s Counter-Terrorism Co-Ordinator) trip in December to Beijing.  The September 11 attacks added urgency to discussions held in Washington, DC, Beijing, and Hong Kong.  The results have been encouraging and concrete; the Government of China has approved establishment of an FBI Legal Attache in Beijing and agreed to create US-China counterterrorism working groups on financing and law enforcement.

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US vaccine for coronavirus could take at least a year

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McCaffery said the Defense Department’s research on a potential antiviral therapy, a medicine that could be effective in helping those infected with coronavirus get well, may be closer to release.

“We may be closer there in terms of having something that can be usable, it’s actually in clinical trials right now,” he said.

— Read on web.archive.org/web/20200306171227/https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article240922051.html

Coronavirus: Army Experts Press Hard For Vaccines, Diagnostics

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“That’s the team we met with last night,” he said:

Dr. Margaret Pitt is the deputy science director at the US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Disease (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, where she previously headed the aerobiology (airborne infection) and virology units.
Dr. Sheila Peel, veteran of Army research on HIV/AIDS, is chief of lab diagnostics & monitoring at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) in Silver Spring, Md.
Dr. Nelson Michael, a retired Army Medical Corps colonel, heads the Center for Infectious Diseases Research at WRAIR, where he formerly headed the HIV/AIDS unit.
Dr. Kavyon Modjarrad is both director of emerging infectious diseases at WRAIR and an assistant professor at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda. He’s played a leading role in developing a Zika vaccine.
Col. Wendy Sammons-Jackson is director of the Military Infectious Disease Research Program Area for the Army Medical Research & Development Command at Fort Detrick, where she previously coordinated the response to Ebola.

— Read on breakingdefense.com/2020/03/coronavirus-army-experts-press-hard-for-vaccines-diagnostics/