In the aftermath of the Gulf War, defectors forced Iraq to reveal that it had an extensive biological weapons program, including anthrax.

UNSCOM, the United Nations Special Commission, found evidence of anthrax-filled weapons in Iraq.

Although UNSCOM destroyed the Al Hakam production facility in Iraq, which had been used to produce anthrax, many experts feel that Iraq could rebuild its anthrax-producing capabilities easily.

UNSCOM discovered that Iraq conducted extensive aerosol dispersion tests using an anthrax simulant.

In 1992, Boris Yeltsin revealed that the former Soviet Union had a biological weapons program that dwarfed Iraq’s by comparison.

Soviet expertise may be employed by potential adversaries.

Defectors revealed that the former Soviet Union had weaponized anthrax employed on missiles, bombs and artillery.

Defectors from the former Soviet Union stated that anthrax would have been used against US forces in a war in Europe .

Terrorist groups can also use anthrax as a biological weapon.

The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo spent millions of dollars on the development of biological weapons and actually attempted to release anthrax in Tokyo.

Evidence surfaced after the Sep 11 terror attacks that Osama bin Laden’s Al-Queda organization attempted to develop anthrax as a biological weapon.