Preparing for Terrorism: An Emergency Services Guide, by George Buck, provides first responders an excellent resource in gaining an understanding of the phenomenon of terrorism and how best to …
Mayors doubt readiness for attacks
The nation`s mayors are pessimistic about their ability to respond to terrorist attacks and say they lack the money to prepare cities for large-scale disasters. A survey of 122 mayors shows a high …
Rumsfeld Says Iraq Has Chemical Arms Ready
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today that Iraq had already prepared chemical weapons for attack and was developing nuclear and biological arms. He rejected President Saddam Hussein`s …
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Administration Sued in Anthrax Case
A conservative group is suing the Bush administration for access to documents surrounding last fall`s anthrax attacks, asserting that top officials may have known that the bioterrorist attack was …
NATO Must Attack Terrorists Before They Hit, Rumsfeld Says
As NATO seeks to maintain relevance as a military alliance, it must take the war on terrorism to the terrorists by pre-emptive attacks on shadowy networks or hostile states armed with biological, …
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Ashes drop sparks US terror alert
An attempt to honour a dead baseball fan`s last wish went horribly wrong on Friday, forcing the evacuation of Safeco Field, the home of the Seattle Mariners baseball team, amid fears of a bio-terror …
FBI to polygraph workers in Md., Utah on anthrax
The FBI will soon begin giving polygraph exams to scores of employees at the Army`s bio- defense center at Fort Detrick in Frederick and at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah to see if a government insider …
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Cipro Resistance Shows `Alarming` Climb in Calif.
Resistance to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin has shown an "alarming" increase among patients at one of the western United States` largest rehabilitation facilities, a study released Monday shows. Full …
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Preparing for Terrorism: An Emergency Services Guide, by George Buck, provides first responders an excellent resource in gaining an understanding of the phenomenon of terrorism and how best to …
Studies Cite Smallpox Vaccine Tradeoff
A mass campaign to vaccinate Americans against smallpox might result in 200 to 300 deaths and make several thousand people severely ill -- yet could save thousands of lives in the event of a …
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