Snip: Recruits at Osama bin Laden's terrorist training camps in Afghanistan were clamoring for suicide missions against the United States more than a year before the Sept. 11 attacks, according to al-Qaida documents declassified by the U.S. Defense Department.
Chemical alert closes UK cinema
Snip: A FULL-scale chemical alert was launched at Hollywood Green cinema on Friday night after customers complained of breathing difficulties. Wood Green came to a standstill shortly after 8pm as firefighters, working with scientific support and police, reacted to the incident in the same manner as a chemical terror attack.
Update on US antrax immunization project
Snip: Officials at the U.S. Health and Human declined to discuss the VaxGen situation, but noted they've stockpiled enough antibiotics to treat 40 million people after a large-scale anthrax bioterrorism attack.
Scientists crack botulism toxin
Snip: Scientists have pinpointed exactly how botulinum neurotoxin A - a potential agent of biological warfare and one of the most lethal toxins known to man - is able to sneak into cells.
Terror lab still unbuilt 4 years after funding
Snip: A permanent local lab could run tests in as little as 20 minutes. New mobile units are intended to put a sophisticated lab within three hours reach of anywhere in the state. Typically, specimens are sent to the state's biosafety level-3 lab in Lionville, Chester County. "In the best of circumstances, [that] probably takes us 12 hours and usually takes us 36," Dr. Dixon said.
Well it's refreshing there was no denial or lame reasons for this incident, wonder what happened to those that fell ill?