weapon of mass destruction
- n a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)
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- Investors Don’t Want to Destroy Themselves With Derivatives, After All
Hey, psst. Wanna buy a synthetic CDO? Earlier this month, we got the news that a couple of Wall Street banks were trying to drum up interest in a synthetic collateralized debt obligation, or CDO, the kind of so-called "weapon of mass destruction" that most people blame for exacerbating the financial crisis.
June 17, 2013 - New York Magazine - 'Anarchist' convicted in Ohio bridge bomb plot
By Kim Palmer AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - A self-described anarchist who acted as his own lawyer was convicted on Thursday of attempting to blow up a four-lane highway bridge near Cleveland in April 2012. A jury in Akron federal court convicted Joshua Stafford, 24, of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and other charges and he now faces up to life in prison. ...
June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News - Federal Defender Wants Out Of Terrorism Case Due To Budget Cuts
A federal public defender in Idaho wants a judge to find another lawyer for an Uzbek national charged with aiding a terrorist group and training others in how to build and use a weapon of mass destruction. The reason? read more
June 13, 2013 - Georgia Public Broadcasting