Pakistan and China have entered a secret three-year deal to expand potential bio-warfare capabilities, including running several research projects related to the deadly agent anthrax, a report by The Klaxon said, quoting multiple intelligence sources. Speaking to India Today from Sydney, the Editor-in-Chief of The Klaxon, Anthony Klan, said that the experiments were a serious 'concern' and exposed the nexus between China and the Pakistani military. Geeta Mohan New DelhiSeptember 16, 2020UPDATED: September 16, 2020 04:02 IST Anthony Klan, Editor-in-Chief of The Klaxon. (Photo: Twitter / @Anthony_Klan)Pakistan and China have entered a secret three-year deal to expand potential bio-warfare capabilities, including running several research projects related to the deadly agent anthrax, a report by The Klaxon said, quoting multiple intelligence sources. CHINA-PAK MILITARY NEXUS Speaking to India Today from Sydney, the Editor-in-Chief of The Klaxon, Anthony Klan, said that the experiments were a serious “concern” and exposed the nexus between China and the Pakistani military. “There have been experiments carried out since 2015 with five different high level pathogens. The studies are being conducted in Pakistan. A lot of the Wuhan Institute of Virology scientists are working on Pakistan soil with Pakistan’s defence agencies which raises very serious concerns among the intelligence agencies,” said Anthony. According to the report, China’s now infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology has signed the covert deal with Pakistan military’s Defence Science and Technology Organization (DESTO), to collaborate research in “emerging infectious diseases” and advance studies on the biological control of transmitted diseases. 据The Klaxon（新闻媒体）引征多家情报来源的报道指出，巴基斯坦与中共达成了一项为期三年的协议，旨在提升其潜在的生物战能力，其中包含运行几个致命炭疽制剂项目。The Klaxon的主编安东尼.克兰在悉尼向《今日印度》报道，这些实验令人深度担忧同时也曝光了中共与巴基斯坦军方之间的勾联。 中巴之间的军事勾联 The Klaxon主编安东尼．克兰在悉尼向《今日印度》报道，这些试验令人深度担忧同时也曝光了中共与巴基斯坦军方之间的勾联。“从2015年起有五种高致命性病菌的试验已经在巴基斯坦开展。研究也同时在进行过程中。许多中共武汉病毒研究所的科学家正在巴基斯坦本土工作并与巴国防机构积极合作，引起情报界高度关注”，安东尼表示。 据报道，臭名昭著的中共武汉病毒研究所已与巴基斯坦军方的国防科技组织（DESTO）签署了一份秘密协议，拟协同开发合作“新发传染病”及疾病传输的生物控制之先期研究。 巴基斯坦本土的试验 尽管巴中双方极力抵赖，仍有充足证据证实大量研究与巴基斯坦有密切相关。有证据表明试验是在巴基斯坦本土实施的，安东尼表示，“令人产生兴趣的是关于五种病原体的研究，武汉及中共资本被提及，在巴基斯坦当地的研究也被提及，例如来自数千的骆驼及其他动物和数千的人体血清。虽然具体实验室地址没有提到，但大致几个区域有涉及”。 巴方政府出面表示关于生物安全3级实验室没有什么可保密的，它确实在开展试验。 巴基斯坦豚鼠（小白鼠）试验 但报告的调查结果表示整个项目是中共政府与巴基斯坦军方之间的秘密协议下进行的，对方要求他们在实施的具体地点和操作隐秘性应做些保密措施。 而实际上，报告表明巴基斯坦已经把这些试验和测试付诸实践。当问及当地新闻为何未作披露参与秘密实验试验者并不知情的话题时，安东尼说，“我认为大部分的试验对象都是偏远贫穷地区的牧民，取样也都来自于他们，他们怎么会明白他们参与的是什么试验，试验的目的及结果是什么。这是相当恐怖的一件事，太多的疑问”。 关于样本量的使用，他表示，“大约2000-2500个试验品用于一种研究试验，有些约500个。总共，大约7000-8000人，4000-5000的动物参与了试验，动物里大部分是骆驼，这些动物都是被驯化或喂养的”。 中共的资助 据报道，所有研究项目都是由属于中共一带一路政策下的中巴经济走廊规划（CPEC）的资助下所提供的资金。安东尼说，“这都是一带一路政策下的中巴经济走廊规划所提供的资助，高达630亿美金的资金投入…很难取得一个具体的明细于这些每个具体的研究，但都与一带一路在巴基斯坦的投入相关。几乎所有这些完全来自于中共的中科院病毒研究所的资金提供所资助，绝大部分都是一带一路旗下的项目。” 生物武器 国际社会最大的担忧是这项危险病原体的研究可以回溯到CCP病毒爆发前，而巴基斯坦并无相应设施来处理这种病毒，这样一来，就使它变成了生物武器的滋生繁殖基地。这种对于没有设备设施的巴基斯坦来说是非常危险的。 “如多方情报所担忧的，你可以用技术来清除冠状病毒，同时也可以很容易将其武器化。这发生在巴基斯坦境内，完全由中共所资助”， 安东尼表示。他补充说：“我们都知道这些病毒对于没有具备处理能力的巴基斯坦实在是太危险了，BL3和BL4（生物安全3级和4级）是众所周知的最高安全级别，然而，并未得知巴基斯坦有BL4级的相应设施。 情报表明，包括印度次大陆的国家都向The Klaxon表示他们深切担忧这个涉及到中共在他们边境测试生物试剂并试图最小化“引发国际社会谴责的风险”的行为。一个高级情报消息表明国防科技组织（DESTO）也参与到隐秘生物武器计划下的各种与炭疽相关的军民两用研究项目。 据报道，由武汉和巴基斯坦科学家所试验的五项研究结果已经在科学杂志上发表了论文，每种都涉及到检测及动物传染病的病原体的研究。研究包含了西尼罗河病毒（West Nile Virus），中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒（Mers Coronavirus），克里米亚-刚果出血热病毒（Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus），血小板减少症病毒（Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Viru）以及基孔肯雅热病毒（ Chikungunya Virus）。 目前尚未发现任何有效的疫苗和治疗手段来应对这些病毒，而这些都是目前世上最致命和传染力最强的病毒。 据高度可靠情报透露，中共正通过武汉病毒研究所在巴基斯坦测试致命生物制剂并为巴方科学家提供广泛的操控病毒及生物信息学的培训， 以丰富和充实他们所谓潜在的攻击性生物战计划。巴基斯坦有可能将此技术用于发动生物战争，或因贫乏的设施设备条件导致致命病毒的意外泄露。更进一步，有生物武器化和生物恐怖主义蔓延的危险，安东尼．克兰说，“令人担忧和恐惧的是，一旦这些病毒从实验室意外泄露出来，将对社会造成多么大的打击， 未来这些病毒及技术的武器化带来不可想象的后果。鉴于巴基斯坦不稳定的局面，这些担忧都有可能变为现实。中巴双方的否认，并不能抹去笼罩在世界人民头上的生物武器化及生物病毒恐怖主义的阴霾。” 点评： 病毒及其研究本属于医学范畴，医者救人之术，正常人的思维和逻辑是应该探究病毒来源，研发控制及杀灭病毒的方法和解决方案，而不是，邪恶到去把世界上最致命最有传染性的病毒研究出对付人类。玩火者必自焚！ ON PAK SOIL Despite fierce denial from Pakistan and China, there is enough proof according to the report that a lot of the research can be tied to Pakistan. Proving that the research is being carried out on Pakistani soil, Anthony said, “It is interesting to know that within these five studies, Wuhan is mentioned, Chinese funding is mentioned and studies on Pakistani soil are mentioned, for e.g. blood serum from thousands of camels and other animals and also thousands of humans. It does not mention specifically where the lab work is done, but mentions several areas.” “After we first reported this, the Pakistani government came out and said there is no secret about biosafety levels 3 labs which obviously confirmed that it was happening on Pakistani soil,” he added. PAKISTANI GUINEA PIGS The findings of the report also suggest that the entire project is being done between the Chinese government and the Pakistani military which allows them to keep the locations a secret and the operations “covert”. In fact, the report says that Pakistanis have been used for testing and have participated in the experiments. When asked how the news never got out and did the individuals who participated in such research in secret labs didn’t know, Anthony said, “I suspect not. I suspect that most of these studies have a rural sample size. Lot of them are herdsmen from remote areas. How much would they know of what they are involved in? These people wouldn’t know what the samples were for and what happens with the results of the studies that they have been privy to or have been involved in. It is a real scare. There are a lot of question marks.” On the sample size used, he said, “Around two thousand to two and a half thousand samples in each of the studies. Some of them were about five hundreds. Overall, there were about seven-eight thousand people and about 4,000-5,000 animals, predominantly camels or usually those that are domesticated or reared for consumption.” FUNDED BY CHINA All the research projects are being funded by China under the auspices of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which falls within China’s Belt and Road Initiative, according to the report. He said, “It is being done under the auspices of the economic corridor under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the US $63 billion fund... It is difficult to get an exact breakdown but the money for each of these studies, when we track, is tied to the BRI initiative in Pakistan. Almost all of it is funded by China so the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Institute of Virology. A lot of it is a part of the flagship BRI project.” BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS The biggest worry for the international community is the fact that this research with dangerous pathogens dates back to before the Covid-19 outbreak and the fact that Pakistan does not have the facilities for such viruses. Also, that this is a breeding ground for “biological weapons”. “You can use technology to wipe coronavirus etc., but it can also be weaponised very easily as has been the concern of many intelligence sources. This is happening on Pakistani soil, fully funded by China,” said Anthony Klan. He added, “It is happening in laboratories that are not necessarily equipped to handle some of the viruses. We know that some of the pathogens are too dangerous for the facilities that Pakistan operates. BL3 (biosafety levels 3 labs) and BL4 are known to be the most secure. There is no known BL4 facility in Pakistan.” Intelligence sources, including from the Indian subcontinent, have told The Klaxon they have serious concerns about the secret project, which involves China testing biological agents outside its borders in an apparent bid to minimize the “risk of drawing condemnation from the international community”. “DESTO has been engaged in various dual-use research projects related to anthrax under a covert biological weapons program,” one senior intelligence source said. According to another report by The Klaxon, the results of five studies conducted by Wuhan and Pakistani scientists have been published in scientific papers, each involving the “detection and characterisation” of “zoonotic pathogens”. The studies involve experiments and genome sequencing of the West Nile Virus; MERS-Coronavirus; Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus; the Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus; and the Chikungunya Virus. There is no vaccine or cure for any of those pathogens, which are among some of the world’s deadliest and most contagious. As revealed by The Klaxon, highly credible intelligence sources believe China, via its Wuhan Institute of Virology, is testing lethal biological agents in Pakistan and providing “extensive training on manipulation of pathogens and bio-informatics” to Pakistani scientists, which could “enrich a potential offensive biological programme”. It was revealed China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology had allegedly recently signed a secret three-year deal with Pakistan military’s DESTO to collaborate research in “emerging infectious diseases” and the “biological control of transmitted diseases”. That Wuhan-Pakistan military tie-up had never been publicly announced or disclosed before, said the report. Key concerns are that Pakistan could use the technology in bio-warfare, or that deadly pathogens could accidentally escape from inadequately equipped facilities. Raising concerns regarding biological weaponisation and biological terrorism he said, “There are concerns and the most important threat is what if these viruses escape the laboratories accidentally, how much would the impact be. Secondly, is the weaponisation and potential future weaponisation of this technology. With the instability in Pakistan, the concern is real. China and Pakistan deny it, but the real danger is biological weaponisation and biological terrorism.” ALSO READ | Covid-19 virus made in Wuhan laboratory: Chinese virologist claims she has proofALSO READ | US issues sweeping new travel warning for China, Hong Kong |
