Aum Shinrikyo

threat Aum Shinrikyo was to Japan, and potentially to the United States. The overall evidence that is provided fully explains why this terrorist organization was in fact a threat to the Japanese people. Not only were numerous test drafts conducted, but there was an overwhelming amount of intelligence suggesting Asahara and his Aum were a threat to the Japanese people (Wright, 2008). Asahara and his Aum would ultimately bring panic and fear to the heart of Japan. The interesting thing about Aum…

1995 by members of Aum Shinrikyo, I came to the conclusion that lack of intelligence had a big impact on the Tokyo Subway attacks. Aum Shinrikyo first utilized Sarin against Japanese citizens in Matsumoto Japan, on June 27, 1994. On this particular event there were approximately five hundred people wounded and seven died. (CDC website Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat). After this particular incident Japanesse Law Enforcement should of being monitoring members of Aum Shinrikyo organization…

Tokyo Sarin gas attack. During this event Sarin gas was released in the Tokyo subway system resulting in twelve dead and thousands injured. This attack was conducted by five members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult (Aum). In his book Underground, Haruki Murakami interviewed the victims and ex-members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult in order to discover what occurred during the 1995 Sarin attacks. He compiled those interviews together and included ideas that explained why they occurred, this was done in the…

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…

Describe how terrorist groups can make the use of internet to spread terror group messages and recruit new members. Give one or more actual examples of this. Many terror groups, whether Islamists or Marxists, nationalists or separatists, or even racists and anarchists have widely endorsed the use of internet to further their ideologies, raise funds, and in the recruitment of new members- both active jihadists and passive supporters (Weimann, 2014). According to Ressler (2006), most terror groups…

Chemical Attacks are among some of the most serious, and in my opinion, savage attacks that humans can inflict on each other. To use a weapon that kills people slowly or only makes people ill seems inhumane. This is likely why the use and manufacture of chemical weapons has halted. The international community as an inhumane way to wage war looks at the use of chemical weapons. I realize that there is likely no “humane” way to wage war, but the use of chemical weapons kills so many…

Procurement of raw materials and equipment was a matter of relative ease for Aum, because his group had the finance, access to raw materials that were being heavily regulated and monitored and the means to test and make toxic agent.5 Not many terrorist organizations can continue to do the operations that this cult group achieved…

but only through destruction of the natural present and social order, and salvation will come only by divine action. Examples of Revolutionist sects are Jehovah’s Witnesses, the early 1990s Branch Davidian community in Waco, Texas and the recent Aum Shinrikyō apocalyptic movement in Japan. Manipulationist sects seek worldly goals and do not withdraw from society; they do however seek spiritual means to be able to reach those worldly goals. Examples of Manipulationist sects are Deep Ecology,…

Based upon your comprehensive understanding of course readings and videos, choose a specific agent (CBRN) that you learned about in the course. Discuss the technical aspects of the specific agent, discuss your opinion (supported by course material) on the future threats using such an agent, and discuss possible prevention methods to diminish the risk or threat of an attack. Over the last eight weeks there was a lot of information in regards to the realm of all things CBRN. Walking in with…

that has had no other purpose or intention then killing people quickly and effectively. Sarin is a clear, odorless, tasteless liquid that has been used in terrorist attacks all over the world. The main attacks carried out by the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo on the Tokyo Subway in 1995 and in the Iran-Iraq Conflict in the 80’s (Simpson, 2004). Although they only killed 12 people, more than 5,500 sought medical help (Sample, 2013). Sarin was never intended to help people once it was invented. It…