A Bug's Life
Long before the October anthrax mailings, the world had witnessed attacks with chemical and biological weapons by terrorists and governments. Some of those assaults had devastating results.
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1915 WORLD WAR I |
German army first fires chlorine gas on enemy troops. By war's end in 1918, all combatants have equipped their artillery shells with poison gases. |
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1984 RAJNEESH CULT |
Religious followers of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh spray salmonella bacteria on restaurant salad bars in northern Oregon, making 751 people sick. |
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1988 IRAQI ATTACKS |
For two days, Iraqi air force attacks town of Halabja in Kurdish-dominated north with various poison gases, killing at least 5,000. |
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1995 TOKYO SUBWAY |
Religious cult members disperse sarin gas on three Tokyo subway lines during the morning rush hour, killing 11 and injuring thousands. |
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