Israel is stocking up on smallpox vaccine. The health and defense ministries have been preparing plans for every scenario of biological attack, including the possibility that the entire population will have to be vaccinated, the Israeli daily Ha’aretz reported. Israel fears a possible attack from Iraq if the U.S.-led war on terror next targets Baghdad.
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