Topic: Geneva Conventions

Researchers reportedly retrieved the Spanish flu virus from the lungs of a deceased Inuit woman to resequence it, leading to claims regarding the 2009 flu release. The segment addresses the risks of lab accidents and the legal maneuvers used to categorize weapons research as basic research to avoid the Biological Weapons Act.

Jim Fetzer characterizes Allied bombings of German cities and the use of atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as war crimes under the Geneva Conventions. He compares these historical events to modern sanctions against Iran and the death toll of infants in Iraq. The segment claims that intelligence reports from 2007 and 2011 confirmed Iran was not pursuing nuclear weapons.