Contact:

Stephen M. Apatow
Founder, Director of Research & Development
Humanitarian Resource Institute (UN:NGO:DESA)
Humanitarian University Consortium Graduate Studies
Center for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine & Law
Phone: 203-668-0282
Email: s.m.apatow@humanitarian.net
Internet: www.humanitarian.net

H-II OPSEC
Url: www.H-II.org


18 September 2013

Time to educate the world about bioweapons, difference between 1 milligram (1/1000 gm) vs 1 microgram (1/1,000,000 gm). CBRNE Area coverage: High Explosive: 3 drums, 10,000 square meters -- Chemical: Sarin: 3 drums Sarin, 1200 lbs + explosive 1.2 million square meters -- Bioagent: 3 drums 450 lbs to explosives 6-20 million square meters, Q fever: 200 Sq Kilometers. - Stephen M. Apatow, H-II OPSEC Defense & Security Consulting.

• Syria - Global Terrorist Threat Level: HRI: H-II OPSEC, 31 August 2013.

10 September 2013

• Syrian Chemical Weapons Use Videos: White House releases 13 videos compiled by the U.S. Open Source Center from videos taken in Damascus, Syria following the use of chemical weapons on August 21, 2013.  These videos were shown to the Intelligence Committee on Thursday, September 5.

2 September 2013

• U.S. Intelligence Assessment On Syria: Full unclassified assessment: NPR, 30 August 2013.
• French Government's Declassified Intelligence Assessment on Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria: Council on Foreign Relations: 2 September 2013.  Synthèse nationale de renseignement déclassifié: Programme chimique syrien, Cas d’emploi passés d’agents chimiques par le régime, Attaque chimique conduite par le régime le 21 août 2013.  PDF.
  

1 September 2013

At the present time, Shia Islamic fundamentalists (Iran, Hezbollah) have seized control of the CBRNE WMD Stockpiles via joint command of the Syrian military complex.  The intelligence community is now focused on how far both chemical and biological weapons have been transferred across the globe via Hezbollah (National Counterterrorism Center). -- Syria - Global Terrorist Threat Level: HRI:H-II OPSEC, 31 August 2013.

31 August 2013

If a rogue country is in possession of weapons of mass destruction, and the intelligence community has sufficient information that an imminent threat exists for a terrorist attack, does the United Nations and Security Council possess the capacity to prevent the incursion via preemptive action?

In the context of international law, Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations, articulates:

"Perhaps the weakest area of the rule of law now concerns the issue of enforcement. It is a truism that international law lacks the police functions that are found in domestic legal systems -- it is instead a system that still relies largely upon self-help when it comes to enforcement. The ability of the UN Security Council to perform its enforcement responsibilities under the Charter is limited by its need to operate in consensus and by its practical inability to order enforcement actions -- especially involving the use of military force -- against one of its permanent members." --  Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nonproliferation and International Security: Stephen M. Apatow, Humanitarian Resource Institute Legal Resource Center, October 2002.

• Syria: CBRNE Chemical - Biological - Nuclear Crisis Discussions: HRI: H-II OPSEC.

30 August 2013

• Government Assessment of the Syrian Government’s Use of Chemical Weapons on August 21, 2013: White House, 30 August 2013.
  

25 August 2013

Intervention in Syria is not a single country focus... it encompasses is a global Pillar of Defense - Interpol:Defense Fusion - Law enforcement the 1st and last line of defense - 222 Countries. -- Syria: Iran - Hezbollah - Al Qaeda Counterinsurgency Crisis Spiral: HRI:H-II OPSEC.

• SAMS Video Report: Chemical Attack in Damascus - 21 August 2013: Includes Updates, HRI:H-II OPSEC.
• Syria: CBRNE Chemical - Biological - Nuclear Crisis Discussions: HRI: H-II OPSEC.
• Syria - Coordinating the Logistics of an Operational Medicine Response Plan: HRI: H-II OPSEC.

24 August 2013

CBRNEWorld: Reports indicated preparation of the chemical warheads, denotes the importance of Interpol/Defense preemption capabilities.

Administration officials said Friday that U.S. intelligence detected activity at known Syrian chemical weapons sites before Wednesday's possible chemical weapons attack that killed at least 1,000 people, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports. -- U.S. detected activity at Syria chemical weapons sites before attack: CBS News,  23 August 2013.

In Paris, a spokesman for the Free Syrian Army said the rebels believed government forces had fired 29 missiles from three military bases in the Damascus area, striking many targets in the suburbs.

Not all of the missiles appeared to have carried chemical warheads, the FSA spokesman said, but those that did were suspected to have contained sarin, a Russian-made nerve agent called SC3 and liquid ammonia supplied by Iran.  -- Nerve agent rockets seen behind Syria strike: experts: Reuters, 24 August 2013.

23 August 2013

Israel - Countries throughout the Middle East focus on environmental contamination, a regional public health crisis. -- Focus moves to mitigation. --  Long-term nerve damage feared after Syria chemical attack: Reuters, 23 August 2013.

• Initial U.S., allied intelligence assessment: Syrian forces used chemical weapons: Reuters, 23 August 2013.
• Syrian Doctor Describes Treating Chemical Weapons Victims : NPR, 22 August 2013.
  

22 August 2013



Chemical weapon attack in Syria, the worst in history since Iraq, 1988. SAMS calls  for action: SAMS (Syrian American Medical Society), 22 August 2013.

SAMS (Syrian American Medical Society) Update
Source: The Union medical office of east Ghuta

21 August 2013

Contact: Stephen M. Apatow
Founder, Director of Research & Development
Humanitarian Resource Institute (UN:NGO:DESA)
Humanitarian University Consortium Graduate Studies
Center for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine & Law
Phone: 203-668-0282
Email: s.m.apatow@humanitarian.net
Internet: www.humanitarian.net

H-II OPSEC
Url: www.H-II.org