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Israeli scientists are trying to identify distinctive genes
carried by some Arabs, with the hope of creating a genetically
modified bacterium or virus, according to the London Sunday
Times."The intention is to use the ability of viruses and
certain bacteria to alter the DNA inside their host's living
cells," the Times reported.   According to the usually reliable
Foreign Report, a Jane's publication which provides reports and
analysis of international defense issues, Israeli scientists may
have employed research conducted by South Africa during the
apartheid era. During the 1980s, scientists from that nation
were ordered to develop a weapon to target black people— based
on pigmentation— that could be spread in beer, maize, or even by
vaccination. But they were not successful. The Jane's report on
the ethno-bomb comes from South African sources who note that
Israeli and South African scientists worked together during the
apartheid period on nucle