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of his policy agenda.
Keyword(s): CBRNC; chemical terrorism; biological terrorism; combating terrorism; counterterrorism;
biological weapons of mass destruction; chemical weapons of mass destruction
Forrow, L., and V.W. Sidel. "Medicine and Nuclear War," JAMA [Journal of the American Medical
Association], No. 280, August 5, 1998, 456-60.
To determine how physicians might participate in the prevention of nuclear war in the post-Cold War era,
the authors review, from a medical perspective, the history of the nuclear weapons era since Hiroshima
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and the status of today's nuclear arsenals and dangers. Today's dangers include nuclear arms proliferation,
an increasing risk of nuclear terrorism, and the 35,000 warheads that remain in superpower nuclear
arsenals.
Keyword(s): nuclear terrorism; CBRNC; first responders; antiterrorism; combating terrorism; nuclear
weapons of mass destruction
Forster, Anthony. "An Emerging Threat Shapes Up as Terrorists Take to the High Seas," Jane's
Intelligence Review, 10, No. 7, July 1998, 42-45.
Increasingly, maritime violence is constituting more than mere piracy, as more and more militant groups
seek to further their political aims offshore. The author charts this emerging trend and examines how the
threat can be countered. By examining the current threat environment, he helps to explain how navies and
security forces of the world can be better prepared for naval terrorism, and how they can prevent naval
terrorist attacks before they occur. He notes that one of the most active threats is Egypt's Gama'a
al-Islamiya, a radical Muslim group. Other active groups are the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE), the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and the Armed Islamic Group (GIA). The seminal event in
modern maritime terrorism was, however, the hijacking of the "Achille Lauro" by Palestine Liberation
Front terrorists on October 7, 1985.
Keyword(s): terrorism (general); antiterrorism; future trends; counterterrorism; combating terrorism
Freundlich, Naomi. "Countering the Poor Man's Nuclear Weapons," Business Week, No. 3506, December
16, 1996, 128-30.
Biological weapons were banned by the United Nations (UN) in 1972, but they are spreading. Recent
intelligence reports suggest that 17 countries might be developing biological weapons, including Iraq,
Iran, Syria, China, and North Korea. Experts are also worried about the spread of the weapons to terrorist
groups. The appeal of biological agents is that they are cheap and powerful. Although the threat of
biological weapons has grown, research on detection devices, protective suits, and antidotes to germ
agents has lagged.
Keyword(s): technology; CBRNC; biological weapons of mass destruction; biological terrorism;
antiterrorism; combating terrorism; biological agent detection
Fulghum, David A. "Secrecy About Raids Hints at More to Come," Aviation Week and Space
Technology, 149, No. 9, August 31, 1998, 30-32.
The deepening silence out of the Pentagon about the details of the raids on Afghanistan and Sudan and
the limited nature of these two strikes are signs that there are additional raids planned against other sites
associated with terrorists, say Pentagon officials, defense specialists, and former military leaders. The
United States fired 79 cruise missiles at seven targets--a pharmaceutical plant in Khartoum, Sudan, and up
to six training, support, and headquarters areas south of Kabul, Afghanistan, said officials.
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Keyword(s): combating terrorism; counterterrorism; antiterrorism
Gee, John. "CBW Terrorism and the Chemical Weapons Convention," Politics and the Life Sciences,
[London], 15, September 1996, 203-4.
This article is a commentary on Jonathan B. Tucker's "Chemical/Biological Terrorism: Coping with a
New Threat" (see Tucker, Jonathan B.). Tucker's analysis supports the view that it was mainly the choice
of the weapon for the target and difficulties in producing and handling chemical weapons (CW) that
resulted in CW's low rate of use as weapons of terror until now. Tucker reveals that the chemical attacks
orchestrated by Aum Shinrikyo in Japan in 1994 and 1995 removed the old psychological barrier that
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