- Industry: Law enforcement; Military
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- Number of blossaries: 9
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War on Terror Portal
Blistering agents which cause severe damage to the eyes, internal organs, and respiratory system. Produced for the first time in 1822, mustard gas was not used until World War I. Victims suffered the effects of mustard gas 30 to 40 years after exposure.
Industry:Law enforcement; Military
The view of many counterterrorist experts that there exists an alliance between drug traffickers and political terrorists.
Industry:Law enforcement; Military
A stock of vaccines and antidotes which are stored at Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, to be used against biological warfare.
Industry:Law enforcement; Military
The Nazis used the first nerve agents: insecticides developed into chemical weapons. Some of the better known nerve agents include VX, sarin, soman, and tabun. These agents are useful because only a small quantity is necessary to inflict a substantial damage. Nerve agents can be inhaled or can absorb through intact skin.
Industry:Law enforcement; Military
Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria has seen a rising wave of ethnic and religious bloodshed in which thousands have died since military rule ended in 1999. The introduction of strict Islamic sharia law in parts of predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria, despite opposition from non-Muslims, triggered violence in early 2001. That crisis appears to have compounded historical ethnic and regional rivalries blamed for a devastating civil war in the late 1960s in which more than a million people died.
Industry:Law enforcement; Military
A communist country named as one of President Bush's Axis of Evil, this isolationist country, ruled by Kim Jong Il, publicly announced that they had a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of a 1991 and 1994 treaties. Since October, 2002, they have been making threats and issuing warnings of 'holy war' against the U.S. They further threatened that economic sanctions would be seen as a declaration of war by the U.S.
In December 2002, a North Korean cargo ship destined for Yemen was seized by Spanish forces. On the ship was discovered a shipment of Scud missiles hidden under bags of cement mix.The government of Yemen demanded their weapons, and with U.S. consent, the ship was released on its way to Yemen.
Industry:Law enforcement; Military
Prior to the war in Afghanistan, this was the Taliban's major opposition. They controlled approximately 10% of the country prior to the invasion, and Osama bin Laden was entrenched within Afghanistan, along with his al Qaeda followers.
Industry:Law enforcement; Military
An explosion of any nuclear material which is accompanied by a pressure wave, intense light and heat, and widespread radioactive fallout which can contaminate the air, water and ground surfaces for miles around.
Industry:Law enforcement; Military
A U.S. offensive against Taliban and al Qaeda troops in eastern Afghani province of Paktia. Operation lasted from March 2 to March 18, 2002.
Industry:Law enforcement; Military
A British operation whereby troops deployed near the Pakistani border to stop Taliban and al Qaida fighters from returning to Afghanistan. Operation lasted from May 29 to July 9, 2002.
Industry:Law enforcement; Military
