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Re: response to Dirty Bomb - Cyanide, Terrorism & Antiterrorism



In a message dated 5/17/02 8:23:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Jim_Hardeman@MAIL.DNR.STATE.GA.US writes:



You want to do some consequence assessments? How about looking that THIS one, as reported yesterday in the Associated Press?
URL = http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020517/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_truck_robbery_2

This isn't conjecture, my friend ... this is reality.

Jim Hardeman

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Radsafe:

While the anti-nukes want National Guardsman stationed at every nuclear facility in the US armed with antiaircraft batteries to shoot down any airplane slightly off course,  substantially more probable and  serious everyday threats to public health and safety get far less attention.

The anti-nuke propagandists are working overtime to scare the public witless and influence numerous gullible, already witless [or at minimum half-witted],  politicians eager for some cheap publicity to take actions that are motivated by emotion and self-serving sensationalism which will take resources away from sensible antiterrorist actions essential to limit terrorist threats facing the US.

To wit: Regarding the stolen truckload of cyanide powder in Mexico, a recent news story from the BBC:
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Wednesday, 20 February, 2002, 16:15 GMT 'Cyanide attack' foiled in Italy.

Click here to see BBC Newstory "Cyanide attack" foiled in Italy

url in case above hyperlink does not work:
http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:Jid6q0nFrfwC:news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1831000/1831511.stm+cyanide+poisoning+news+story&hl=en&ie=UTF8
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Stewart Farber, MS Public Health
email: SAFarberMSPH@cs.com

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