Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway

number of government ministries. Nazi scientists first developed this nerve agent which they labeled sarin and is said to be five hundred times more poisonous than cyanide…

they fell backwards into the trenches. The soldiers tried to duck and avoid the smoke in their dugouts, but it soon followed. Those who did not fall ran trying to abandon the clouds of smoke, but this was no regular smoke (Kennedy 53). It was chlorine gas that German forces used to initiate large-scale chemical warfare during World War I at the Second Battle of Ypres, which affected the use of chemical weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. World War I began in Ypres on October 7, 1914,…

confirmed by the combination of 9/11 terrorist attacks and especially, the anthrax letters of September 2001. The perception about bioterrorism drastically changed, resulting in new legislation and public health measures being put in place to prevent any future mishaps from occurring. One example is the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act which granted public health officials unprecedented powers during future public health crises such as bioterrorism attacks. Similarly, the US government…

jurisdiction to oversee all the operations and dealings of all security agencies in the U.S. According to statement by Senate Judiciary Committee before the House Armed Services Committee, cyber terrorism is on rapid increase, and involves illegal attack or threats of attacks against computer software and hardware, networks, and the information stored on them, which aim to daunt government or its people from achieving their political, social, and economic objectives. In the United States, cyber…

the DTRA reach back capabilities and the In the mid 1990’s, terroristic attacks became an issue of the Department of Defense. Acts of terrorism were occurring all over the world. These attacks like from the bombing of the World Trade Center…

narrative of his experience in counterterrorism and national security. On September 11th, 2001, Richard A. Clarke, chair of the Counterterrorism Security Group, the CSG for short, guided the United States’ instantaneous response to the terrorist attacks from the infamous Situation Room located in the West Wing of the White House. It is from here, that Clarke starts his narrative. With a thirty-year career in national security, involving ten years in the White House, Richard Clarke brings a…

Counter to Joyu’s objective, Aleph, the contemporary iteration of Aum Shinrikyo, continues to more closely refine and adhere to Asahara’s original philosophy. Most of Aum Shinrikyo’s early leadership awaits execution in Japan for the 1995 Tokyo subway attack. Historically, leaders of the organization…

When most people hear the word cult, they think of people in dark cloaks worshipping Satan or bald monks who live in mountains as hermits. That is not always the case though. It is not as easy as one may think to spot cult members as they come from varying walks of life. The purpose of this paper is to define cults, to explain why people join cults, and to apprise the danger that cults pose. Although most religions start as cults, there are many qualities, criteria, and traits that…