Anti-terrorism official says WMD attack inevitable

[Judi Lynn]

Anti-terrorism official says WMD attack inevitable
Mon Jan 16, 2006 9:39 PM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - A terrorist attack using weapons of mass destruction in a Western country is inevitable, a senior U.S. anti-terrorism official said in an interview published on Tuesday.

Speaking to Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper, Henry Crumpton, the U.S. State Department coordinator for counter-terrorism, said he feared the threat from biological weapons was rising.

"I rate the probability of terror groups using WMD as very high," he was quoted as saying. "It is simply a question of time.

"It is not just the nuclear threat that bothers me. I think, if anything, the biological threat is going to grow."
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http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-01-17T023949Z_01_L17297248_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-WMD.xml

[killbotfactory]

1. Well, it already happened in Japan, with the Sarin gas incident...

But that was in 1995, and as we know, 9/11 changed everything, and anything that happened before then is irrelevant.

[bananas]

12. It happened here right after 911 with anthrax

[killbotfactory]

15. Who? What?

Anthrax? Oh yeah, they caught the guy(s) who did it, right?

[Strong Atheist]

33. No. No one caught. One person suspected. nt.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

34. And there was no way that one "suspect" could have done anything....

...but his teaching and consulting career was ruined because Ashcroft had to publicly "show results" of the investigation.

[bpilgrim]

22. and hiroshima & nagasaki

peace

[nodehopper]

30. wouldn't that be chemical weapons, technically?

not that that makes the difference to the people affected

[Toots]

31. Gas is not a WMD no matter what they try to tell you

High explosives are far more deadly than gas bombs. gas dissipates way to quickly to do any good and unless it is confined it is almost worthless. If it is confined, by definition, it can not be mass destruction. Now biological on the other hand is a tremendous fear. Look what we did to Native Americans with our smallpox blankets...In fact with the criminality of this Administration I am amazed that they have not unleashed some biological attack on the Middle East.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

35. An act perpetrated by yet another religious fanatic.

[rooboy]

2. Anyone carrying Bush family DNA is a biological weapon. n/t

[Hissyspit]

3. Scholars and experts were saying this BEFORE 9/11. n/t

[LoKnLoD]

4. am I supposed to be scared?

:sarcasm: Mr. Senior US anti terrorism official? Am I supposed to be glad GW is protecting us?

[Canuckistanian]

5. Fear, fear, fear, terror, terror, terror

"Is Eurasia gaining the upper hand?"

What's the terror level now, fuschia? Or maybe a tasteful coral?

[TomClash]

29. Oceania is winning

And the threat level is red and black.

[Vickers]

6. "he feared the threat from biological weapons was rising" But St. George

is supposed to protect all of us little children, er, lambs, what the fuck are we again? :shrug:

[screembloodymurder]

7. Perfect Timing !!!!

Was this story timed to coincide with the end of the season premiere of 24? Is it coincidence or a well coordinated fear mongering campaign sponsored by our own government?

[iamjoy]

14. Just In Time For Election Build Up

that's what it's all about. They want us scared poopless 'cos they think it will make us vote for a bunch of corrupt, thieving liars (aka Republicans)

[Flabbergasted]

25. I'm glad you brought up 24

an unbelievably rediculous film designed to speciafically show the public that there is a hero and good men in the W.H. Great Show

[ConcernedCanuk]

8. seeing as the USA is just full of WMD's

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and pissing off the people they train to kill other people

I agree

It's just a matter of time that the right crazy person finds the right button . . .

AND

on top of that - I'm sure there are a few relatives in the USA that have had loved ones killed or maimed in the Middle East under the guise of the USA's "freedom" thingie . . .

The USA has made a lot of enemies under the watch of Bush 2. And many of them are already in the country -

So yes, in that respect, I would be worried if I lived down there

But thank the gods/godesses that I live up here - -

[saigon68]

26. Hey Nice Avatar

Its my "favorite" thug military woman

[ConcernedCanuk]

37. ty sai

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To me it's a glaring statement of the decline of the USA morality -

Nothing personal, but I do hold a great portion of the USA electorate responsible for allowing a madman like George Bush to reign down there

And as much as I like the geography and most of the people I met while living in the USA over 20 years ago - I will never cross the border in my lifetime unless there is a major regime change down there

I think you will understand . . .

[saigon68]

38. I do understand

[EuroObserver]

28. Check out who has contracts to handle security, clean-up

and processing at US bio and chemical sites...

[htuttle]

9. You're all going to die, and there's nothing you can do about it

What you do with your time before that moment comes, however, is entirely up to you.

[sniffa]

10. oh, thank god!

i've gone so Long since being terrorized.

[Demeter]

11. A WMD May Take a Few Thousand Innocents; BushCo Has Destroyed 3 Countrtes

already, one of them ours.

[Trillo]

13. "the biological threat is going to grow"

So why isn't the contamination of the plant genome by genetic manipulation considered a "biological threat?"

[pinniped]

16. You mean bombing every one of them brown people back to the Stone...

Age really won't make us safe?:scared:

I'm shocked and surprised.

[Dunvegan]

17. Impossible.

A killer smallpox evolved into a weaponized WMD cannot happen.

Intellegent Design = No Virus Recombinations - No Threat.

:sarcasm:

[TexasLawyer]

19. good one!

:rofl:

[soothsayer]

18. zzzzzzzzzz. chicken little, please call your office.

[Xenotime]

20. * didn't do anything to protect us...

why should he protect you?

[tuvor]

21. Planes will crash. Hurricanes and Earthquakes will happen.

And--how 'bout that?--WMD attacks are inevitable. This isn't news. It's government propaganda that can be trotted out any damn time they want, because it's true no matter when you announce it.

Time to beat some more fear into everyone.

[951-Riverside]

23. Breaking News Earth Quake 'inevitable' in California!

OH NO! What will we ever dooooo?

[americanstranger]

24. The only thing that is 'inevitable...'

...is that when Bush is in trouble (lawsuits for domestic spying, which is much larger than Bush has ever let on), one of his toadies will talk about the 'inevitability' of a WMD attack.

-as

[Voltaire99]

27. Might as well make one's peace with the Flying Spaghetti Monster, then...

...and prepare for endless beer in heaven!

[fasttense]

32. Yeah, so what, brush was spying on Americans before 9/11 and

he sure as hell didn't protect us from them terrorists that bombed the twin towers. He even knew who was planning the attack but that didn't stop it. So how can brush protect us now?

[colonel odis]

36. actually, it's not inevitable. all we have to do is get bush's numbers

back up above 50% and make the administration believe they're the darling of the world.

otherwise, we'll be threatened with wmd attacks until they sink low enough and there actually is one.

so protect your fellow americans. if a pollster calls, remind them how great our fearless leader is.

[Rex]

39. In other news...water still wet

:eyes: