US fears attack using nuclear, biological weapon
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While most Americans focus on the   threat of another aviation attack like the September 11   hijackings, the U.S. government is quietly working to prevent   something far worse -- a catastrophic strike with a weapon of   mass destruction.
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IRAN TEHRAN -- Iran said yesterday a US military strike against it would be a "strategic blunder," but brushed aside tough talk from Washington as psychological warfare rather than a real threat. Intelligence Minister Ali Yunesi called US threats a bluff but warned that Washington would make a big mistake if it attacked Iran. "The Americans are stupid, but not ...
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Washington - US authorities worry terrorists could target food supplies in an attempt to sicken or kill hundreds, maybe thousands of people.
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Al-Qaida has been threatening, and many people have expected, another terrorist attack against the United States before Tuesday&#39;s elections.
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Three years after the Sept. 11 attacks and subsequent anthrax scare, medical experts are still struggling with how best to handle a widespread bioterrorism attack.
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David Hose is a bioterrorism casualty. Little wonder, then, that his confidence in U.S. readiness for another such attack is about as low as his energy and as weak as his still-battered immune system, lingering after-effects of the anthrax he accidentally inhaled handling a letter addressed to Sen. Pat Leahy three years ago.
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US intelligence officials are evaluating worrisome new information about an Iranian missile purportedly capable of carrying an atomic bomb.
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US government efforts to prevent further terrorist attacks on the nation&#39;s planes and trains are increasingly incorporating smart technologies that can sniff out bomb residue on a passport or see through clothes to detect weapons taped to a would-be
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Operation Screaming Fist is go The threat of military cyber attack must be taken seriously, according to NATO: but the alliance isn't sure what to do about it. Meanwhile, the USA is preparing not only its cyber defences, but the ability to mount network assaults.â¦
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The devastating impact of a terrorist attack in Britain using bioweapons or radioactivity could be further amplified by the panicked reaction and &quot;alarmist media,&quot; a leading think-tank has warned.
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The US expressed alarm today about a possible Iranian nuclear weapons related test site and accused the UN nuclear watchdog agency of keeping silent on its own concerns about the issue.
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Experts point to enormous technical and logistical obstacles confronting would-be nuclear terrorists. Senior officials on President Bush's national security team believe al Qaeda has shifted its attention to other efforts, at least for now.
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&#39;JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA, AND CAIRO - The daring daytime attack Monday on the fortresslike US Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia&#39;s second-largest city, is calling into question one of the basic precepts of the country&#39;s security strategy: that killing or
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US strikes on Iran predicted as tension rises over arms smuggling and nuclear fears.
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The possibility that al-Qaida or its sympathizers could gain access to a nuclear bomb is the greatest danger facing the United States in the war on terrorism, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursday.
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Biological and genetic weapons should take cue from online viruses and worms, British doctors say.
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The invasion of Iraq was prompted by supposed stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons along with the possibility of a nuclear threat.