- Dark Harvest Commando
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The Dark Harvest Commando was a militant group which in 1981 demanded that the British government decontaminate Gruinard Island, a site which had been used for anthrax weapon testing during World War II.
The group placed a container of soil outside the Chemical Defence Establishment at Porton Down in Wiltshire. A second container of soil was placed at Blackpool, a resort town where the Conservative Party was holding a conference. The first package was found to contain Bacillus anthracis (the causative agent of anthrax), while the second was uncontaminated, but of the same soil type as found on the island.[1]
One news source claimed that a resurgent DHC (possibly affiliated with the Scottish National Liberation Army) collected spores from Gruinard Island for an attack on Prince William in December, 2001.[2]
Sources
- Story of SNLA Animal Liberation Front.
References
- ^ "Biological Warfare: Dark Harvest". Time. 9 November 1981. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922652,00.html.
- ^ Nick Drainey SNLA Threats and Attacks The Scotsman. 4 Mar 2002.
Categories:- Biological warfare
- National liberation movements
- Terrorism in the United Kingdom
- Eco-terrorism
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