New York officials rejected a report that the city’s recent outbreak of West Nile encephalitis may have been caused by Iraqi bioterrorists. The comments came after The New Yorker magazine quoted CIA analysts as saying that an Iraqi defector had claimed in April that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was developing a strain of encephalitis for use as a biological weapon.
Keep Jewish Stories in Focus.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
