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in Tokyo. Eyewitnesses reported a foul odor. The attack was a failure, due to the fact that the group used the vaccine strain of the bacterium, and no one was infected.
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and intercepted at a processing facility; another was discovered with no address in South Carolina. A February 2004 ricin incident at the
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Invasion by Medfly Defies Logic, Scientists Say Infestation: Experts discover peculiar patterns in the spread of the stubborn fruit fly
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against another nation state regardless of legality or illegality and are carried out by properly uniformed forces or legal
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Acts reaching more than the immediate target victims and also directed at targets consisting of a larger spectrum of society
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The use of violence or of the threat of violence in the pursuit of political, religious, ideological or social objectives
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Strengthening National Public Health Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Biological and Radiological Agent Threats
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to influence a local election. Health officials say that 751 people were sickened and more than 40 hospitalized.
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The following criteria of violence or threat of violence fall outside of the definition of this article:
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Takahashi H, Keim P, Kaufmann AF, Keys C, Smith KL, Taniguchi K; et al. (2004).
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targets during an attack on or attempting to attack legitimate targets in war
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Bioterrorism and Biocrimes: The Illicit Use of Biological Agents Since 1900
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and strategic infrastructure that form an integral part of the enemy's
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The definitions of bioterrorism for the purpose of this article are:
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According to reports, the envelope was addressed to the office of
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W. Seth Carus; Center for Counterproliferation Research (2002).
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outfitted three vehicles to disseminate botulinum toxin at the
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Targeted murders or poisonings carried out with the use of
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were concurrently delivered to news media offices and the
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During the summer and fall of 1989, several outbreaks of
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Curtis E. Cummings; Elisaveta Stikova (1 January 2007).
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serving on the behalf of their respective governments)
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was initially connected to the 2003 letters as well.
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who pose a threat to the lives of humans or property
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The outbreaks devastated crops. 14: 1087:"Dutschke arrested in ricin case" 432:1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack 139:acts of violence committed by a 22: 1039:"Ricin Letters Still A Mystery" 952:incident, Kameido, Tokyo, 1993" 207:Plans that were not carried out 726:Dirksen Senate Office Building 668:Letters laced with infectious 642:September 18–October 12, 2001 162:to kill, apprehend, or punish 1: 776:'s off-site mail facility in 529:Los Angeles metropolitan area 492:1989 California medfly attack 294:and let it flow into Kirrha. 578:Narita International Airport 831:. IOS Press. pp. 55–. 428:August 29–October 10, 1984 147:of such nation states (See 31:It has been suggested that 1135: 891:Columbia Journalism Review 863:. The Minerva Group, Inc. 117:Committed with the use of 72: 48:Proposed since March 2024. 912:: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( 744:April 2013 ricin letters 680:. 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Index

Bioterrorism#Incidents
merged
Discuss
bioterrorist
Definitions of terrorism
Bioterrorism
non-state actors
undercover personnel
mala prohibita (i.e., crime that is made illegal by legislation) and mala in se (i.e., crime that is inherently immoral or wrong)
biological agents
Wartime
declared war
peacetime
nation state
combatants
biological warfare
self-defense
use of force
criminals
enemy
combatants
war effort
defense industries
ports
Collateral damage
non-combatant
biological agents
Agent
Siege of Kirrha
Helleborus

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