The FBI calls them “special interest terrorists” and you’ve heard of a few — animal rights and anti-abortion extremists, in particular. But there’s a relatively new …
Terror alert on anthrax
Australian and international intelligence agencies are increasingly alarmed at the emergence throughout South and South-East Asia of terrorist groups linked to Osama bin Laden, amid new evidence that …
US faces “quite real” threat of terrorist attack: Cohen
The United States faces a "quite real" threat of a terrorist attack on its soil with nuclear, chemical or biological arms within the next 10 years, US Secretary of Defense William Cohen warned Sunday. …
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State spending millions on germ warfare threat
Alabama is spending about $1 million in federal money this year to fight bioterrorism, and may spend as much as $4 million more over the next several years. That makes it one of the nation's …
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Terror drills test readiness
Virtual patients" began reporting to Denver-area hospitals Saturday as a multi-agency mock biological warfare drill got under way to test the ability of public health and law enforcement agencies to …
What if . . . ? A terror drill will test three U.S. cities
Brig. Gen. Bruce M. Lawlor knows this: Within the next several days, three U.S. cities will be attacked by terrorists using chemical or biological weapons. Full Story …
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Training focuses on domestic terrorism
Those who would arrive first at the scene of a domestic terrorist attack are training this week to detect and deal with its deadly aftermath: nuclear, biological or chemical agents. Full Story …
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U.S. To Have Terrorism Field Test
Next month, Cabinet secretaries, top state and local officials and emergency units from Denver and Portsmouth, N.H., will conduct the largest-ever field test of the nation's ability to respond to …
Mock Chemical Attacks to Strike Three Cities
Authorities in three U.S. cities will fall victim to simulated chemical, biological or radiological terrorist attacks next month, in which emergency responders will be tested and trained on how to …
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Cabinet officials to join exercise simulating terrorist attacks: officials
From Cabinet members to firefighters, thousands of people will be mobilized next month to respond to no-notice simulations of terrorists attacks on two US cities with chemicals or biological weapons, …
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