TY  - BOOK
TI  - Hydrogen cyanide: low-end terrorism
PY  - 2006///
KW  - HYDROGEN CYANIDE
KW  - TERRORISM
KW  - CHEMICAL WEAPONS
N2  - In his book "the one percent doctrine" Ron Suskind refers to a hydrogen cyanide chemical attack planned for the New York subway, but abandoned on the instructions of al-Qaeda. This article explains why hydrogen cyanide is considered a low-end chemical weapon (it was used by Aum Shinrikyo in the attack on the Tokyo subway March 1995) and considers what might have prompted al-Qaeda to call off the New York attack
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