The U.S. and Global Security Review - Blog by Michael Novakhov

2:20 PM 1/30/2017 Police now say only one of the two people arrested after Sunday’s terror attack on a mosque in Quebec City is a suspect, with the second man considered a witness.   There are reports that the suspect is Alexandre Bissonnette, a Université Laval student. Police would not confirm that information. Initially, police said two suspects were arrested. But on Monday, the Sûreté du Québec said the second man was a witness. One of the men was arrested at the scene, while a second called 911 himself and was arrested around 9 p.m., just over an hour after the first 911 calls came in at 7:55 p.m., police said Monday morning during a news conference involving the Sûreté du Québec, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Quebec City police and Montreal police. Quebec City police Insp. Denis Turcotte said the man who called 911 waited for officers to arrest him not long after the shooting at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Quebec in Quebec City’s Ste-Foy neighbourhood. “He

M.N.: Nothing specific or particularly meaningful can be derived from the following web review (of mostly dated sources) of this subject, as it is expected.  One of the most interesting questions (which came to my attention for some certain reasons): can the common (e.g. respiratory) viral infections be used as the transmission vehicles for the biological weapons; in particular, for the slow brain viruses (if and when they are fully developed as weapons), remains unanswered. My guess is that it is possible in principle, but is very difficult to do for the practical purposes of the biological warfare, at least presently (in my absolutely non-expert humble opinion). The importance of this question is of course, hard to overestimate.  Overall, the Iran's biological weapons threat is very real, and I am sure, is taken very seriously. The information from some, ostensibly newly friendly sources, should be sought out and considered, but its objectivity and reliability should be take