December 2nd 2008 Biological Attack Likely Within 5 years

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December 02, 2008 MSNBC
Terrorists are likely to use a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the world in the next five years, a blue-ribbon panel assembled by Congress has concluded.
They are more likely to use a biological weapon than a nuclear one -- and the results could be devastating, the chairman of the commission told CNN.

"The consequences of a biological attack are almost beyond comprehension. It would be 9/11 times 10 or a hundred in terms of the number of people who would be killed," former Sen. Bob Graham said.

He cited the flu virus that killed millions of people in 1918 as an example.

"Today it is still in the laboratory, but if it should get out and into the hands of scientists who knew how to use it for a violent purpose, we could have multiple times the 40 million people who were killed 100 years ago," he said
The U.S. government "needs to move more aggressively to limit" the spread of biological weapons, the commission said in its report.

Graham warned that such measures would be costly, but were necessary.

"The leadership of this country and the world will have to decide how much of a priority ... they place on avoiding the worst weapons in the world getting in the hands of the worst people in the world," he said.
"It is not going to be cheap. It is not going to be accomplished without some sacrifices. It won't be accomplished without putting this issue ahead of some other competing national and international goals. But I think our safety and security depend upon doing so," he added.

Graham said a biological attack was more likely than a nuclear one because it would be easier to carry out.

Biological weapons "are more available," he said. "Anthrax is a natural product of dead animals. Other serious pathogens are available in equally accessible forms."
"There are so many scientists who have the skills to convert a pathogen from benign, helpful purposes into an illicit, very harmful weapon," he added.

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  • WARNING: BIRD FLU HAS JUST MUTATED IN VIETNAM OFFICIALS ARE NOW PREDICTING A HIGH CHANCE OF THIS SPREADING WIDELY IN NEAR FUTURE. GO TO MY CHANNEL FOR UPDATES

  • THE ONLY TERRORIST ARE OUR OWN U.S. GOV. THEY JUST WEAPONIZED THE BIRD FLU WITH OUR MONEY.. FALSE FLAG IS COMING

  • Well done!

    It was one of your own companies!

    USA is getting things done...!

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