A top US official is to publicly accuse North Korea, Iraq, Iran, Libya and Syria of violating a treaty banning the production of germ weapons, ‘The New York Times’ reported on Monday, quoting US administration officials. Undersecretary of State John Bolton is to publicly make the charges later in the day at a conference in Geneva aimed at strengthening compliance with the 1972 treaty, the times reported. According to an advance copy of Bolton's speech leaked to the newspaper, the decision to Name names Is part of a new US strategy to persuade countries to get them to halt their germ weapons programs by embarrassing treaty cheaters. Prior to September 11, some would have avoided this approach, Reads the speech, according to the times. According to the daily, the US charges are not specific, and there is no source cited for the allegations. Bureau Report