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| Source | Ken Hanly |
| Date | 01/09/16/02:08 |
| So while Bush plans to show the other side the awesome power of the US no
one even dreams that the US is vulnerable to these sorts of counter-attack. I see no discussion of this. Why? It is common knowledge that biological and chemical weapons are likely to be available to terrorists. If this is a war the terrorist must take advantage of the weaknesses of the US . The terrorists have no tanks or sophisticated weaponry to successfully counterattack. With stringent security suicide bombing will be much more difficult. Chemical and biological warfare of some type is however quite possible. They are weapons that may very well be available to the terrorists and the US has no effective defence against them. It is hard to imagine the absolute outrage that such attacks would produce. Perhaps it will even produce a mirror image of the mujahedeen. A fight against the forces of darkness. Already we are told the original act was an attack against civilization, freedom, and democracy. We may be in a situation that is in reality like MAD (mutually assured destruction) a situation that should lead each side to be cautious in responding to any attacks. However one side, the US, doesnt seem to understand its vulnerability even though it was just dramatically illustrated a few days back A small sect in Japan was able to paralyze a Tokyo subway by relasing Sarin gas. Another sect went to Africa to get samples of the ebola virus. Are terrorists with the skills to bring down the Trade Towers and damage the Pentagon lacking in the skills and wherewithal to mount a biological attack with results that would make the original attack but a warning shot? Here is a quote: Kathleen C. Bailey, a former assistant director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, has visited several biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms. She is "absolutely convinced" that a major biological arsenal could be built with $10,000 worth of equipment in a room 15 feet by 15. After all, one can cultivate trillions of bacteria at relatively little risk to one's self with gear no more sophisticated than a beer fermenter and a protein-based culture, a gas mask and a plastic overgarment. |
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