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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Chemical Terror Attack Called Likely in Coming Years

Should We Be More Worried About Chemical Terrorism Rather Than Nuclear Or Biological Terrorism?

Chemical Terror Attack Called Likely in Coming Years -- Global Security Newswire

An Israeli expert said Monday that nations must ready themselves for the increasing threat of acts of chemical terrorism in the years ahead, the Jerusalem Post reported (see GSN, July 27).

"The most immediate threat is chemical terrorism," said Boaz Ganor, executive director of the Israel-based nonprofit International Institute for Counterterrorism. "We know that today, terrorists can download cookbooks from the Internet. They have primitive labs to prepare IEDs (improvised explosive devices), and can use the labs to prepare toxins rather than IEDs."

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