武漢病毒實驗室攜手巴基斯坦軍方 研究生化戰用致命病毒 廖梓翔＠CTWant20200917

【縛雞之見】

China might wage a Proxy war through cooperation of the deadly pathogens with Pakistan.

一個陰謀論是：中國透過巴基斯坦病毒逸出，打一場生化代理戰爭。

武漢P4實驗室與巴基斯坦P3合作，將病毒轉巴基斯坦研究與製造一事，已經傳一段時間。證據逐漸出爐。外界的關切是，巴基斯坦將病毒作為生化武器，或病毒逸出實驗室。

很簡單，生化武器的研究是違反禁止大規模殺傷性武器擴散的公約，特別是加強與重組病毒侵入人體能力的研究，假使中國執意如此，即便是找代理人做，那就真的是八國聯軍了。但，型式不一定是傳統的打戰。

 

武漢病毒實驗室攜手巴基斯坦軍方　研究生化戰用致命病毒    廖梓翔＠CTWant20200917

先前一直有傳聞，新冠肺炎病毒是由中國大陸武漢病毒實驗室製造出來的，但此論點一直沒有經過官方證實。而近日有國外媒體爆料，巴基斯坦軍方與武漢實驗室簽屬一份為期三年的祕密合約，巴國軍方將聯手武漢病毒實驗室共同開發、研究、製造5種高傳染性的致命病毒作為生化武器使用。

根據《今日印度》報導指出，澳洲調查記者克蘭（Anthony Klan）向媒體爆料，武漢病毒實驗室已與巴基斯坦的國防科學技術組織（Defence Science & Technology Organization）簽屬協議，以研究新型傳染病的名義，對高危險病毒展開研究，目的就是為了研究生物疾病的傳播與控制。

據悉，這項合作計畫是由武漢病毒實驗室完全出資，甚至提供物質與技術上的支持，甚至協助培訓巴基斯坦的科學家。克蘭認為，此舉是為了對抗印度，而且將危險的病毒實驗在異地進行，可以保證中國大陸境內的安全。

而經過克蘭的調查，他發現，巴基斯坦軍方的資金，其實與「一帶一路」政策有很深的關聯，調查詳細的金流時非常困難。報導中也指出，根據《克拉克森》雜誌另外一份報告，武漢病毒實驗室與巴基斯坦科學家所進行的5種病毒研究結果，都已經發表在學術雜誌上，其中包含了西尼羅河病毒 （West Nile virus）、中東呼吸症候群冠狀病毒（MERS-Coronavirus）、克里米雅–剛果出血出血熱（Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever，CCHF）、發熱伴血小板減少症候群病毒 （Huaiyangshan banyangvirus）、屈公病毒（Chikungunya Virus）的基因序列，這些病毒都是世界上知名的高傳染性、高致命性的病毒，且目前沒有任何疫苗或治療方式。

雖說如此，但也有消息人士認為，巴基斯坦應該不具備有足夠、完善的病毒保存技術，這些致命的病毒很有可能會因為意外從實驗室洩漏，造成更大的危機。

 

 

 

Exclusive: Anthony Klan shares details on China’s Wuhan lab operating ‘covert operations’ in Pakistan    Geeta Mohan＠India Today 20200916

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.

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.

 

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.”