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Terrorism – Letter From Jedda – Young Osama

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:51:08 +0000

New Yorker – Where and how terrorism begins. Osama bin Ladenís first lessons in jihad.
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Terrorism – Bio-terror strike ‘is inevitable’

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:17:41 +0000

BBC – The world must face the inevitability of a bio-terror attack by al-Qaeda, the head of Interpol has warned.
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Terrorism – Your bioweapon is in the mail

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:07:42 +0000

UPI – A New Scientist magazine study suggests it would not be difficult for a terrorist to obtain genes from the smallpox virus or a similarly vicious pathogen.
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Terrorism – Terrorism Could Hurl D.C. Area Into Turmoil

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:20:18 +0000

Washington Post – A look at what the possible effect of a bioterrorist attack could be on Washington DC.

Related editorial: Washington Post – The Anthrax Metaphor.
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Terrorism – Soviet Germ Factories Pose New Threat

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 08:35:41 +0000

Washington Post – In facilities across the former Soviet Union, stockpiles of deadly pathogens remain vulnerable to terrorists and organized crime.
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Terrorism – Crying wolf on bioterror?

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 06:03:02 +0000

UPI – It is all too easy to “cry wolf” in a post-Sept. 11 world, but the risk of biological terrorism is only one more risk among thousands of other risks that affect human society.

Triage is just as essential an element of counterterrorism as it is of medicine and public health policy. In a world where car and truck bombs can kill over 100 people without warning on a crowded street, and where there are so many other competing priorities for government action, one has to be extremely careful about giving any given threat priority over the others, and even more careful about what to call for in terms of public policy.

The years since Sept. 11 have shown that it is far easier to throw money at a problem than it is to solve one, and it is far easier to focus noisily on the worst case than it is to produce credible risk assessments.
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Terrorism – Bioweapons a threat, says speaker

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:27:17 +0000

Pitt News – Dr. Tara O’Toole, the CEO of the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, believes that the use of biological weapons is “potentially imminent.”
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Terrorism – Al Qaeda’s Bio Weapons

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 07:24:26 +0000

Associated Press – Al Qaeda had progressed much further toward developing a particular biological weapon before the Sept. 11 attacks than the United States realized, the presidential commission investigating intelligence on weapons of mass destruction found.

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Terrorism – U.S. Report Lists Possibilities for Terrorist Attacks and Likely Toll

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:45:17 +0000

New York Times – The Department of Homeland Security, trying to focus antiterrorism spending better nationwide, has identified a dozen possible strikes it views as most plausible or devastating, including a scenario involving an anthrax attack.
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Terrorism – Interpol sounds bio-terror alarm

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:40:37 +0000

BBC – The world is ill prepared for the looming threat of a biological terror attack, the head of Interpol has said.
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