In 1994 this centre began financing projects to keep weapons scientists harmlessly employed.

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In confrontations with the Mexican army and police, DTOs have employed automatic weapons and grenades.

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Promethium is necessary for guided weapons and Dysprosium is employed in sonar systems.

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If this sounds familiar, it bears an uncanny resemblance to the line ElBaradei and his colleague, Hans Blix, the then-head of the UN weapons inspection program in Iraq, employed to excuse Iraqi non-compliance in the run-up to war last Spring.

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One frequently overlooked component of the military vote in Ohio is the tens of thousands of workers employed by companies that build or contribute to weapons programs.

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