Top Interpol official warns of bioterror attacks


By Sunil K. Vaidya, Bureau Chief

http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/03/20/10112361.html
 



Muscat: A top Interpol officer yesterday said that law enforcement agencies
around the world should be prepared for a bioterrorist attack.

"Al Qaida could use chemical or biological weapons to perpetrate its
terrorist actions," said Ronald K. Noble, Interpol Secretary General, to
Gulf News on the sidelines of the Interpol Workshop on Preventing
Bioterrorism, at a hotel here.

He said that the training material recovered from Al Qaida and information
gathered from some of their captured operatives have convinced the world law
enforcement community that the terrorist outfit has had plans to use
chemical and biological weapons in their actions. 

Matter of time 

"Nobody really knows when Al Qaida will strike with chemical or biological
weapons but it is just a matter of time before the terrorists believe they
are ready," he said, adding that the only restraints the terrorists were
facing was the technical complexity of operating them properly and
effectively.

Justifying the fears of bioterrorism, Noble said: "In Iraq there have been
no fewer than three chlorine bomb attacks, targeting innocent civilians, in
the recent past. It is not difficult to imagine these attacks being extended
from chemical to biological."
 

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