Still Exist Looking for Big Weapons Cult leader Shoko Asahara, responsible for masterminding the Tokyo nerve gas subway attack, being escorted to jail.
Chemical weapons falling into the wrong hands pose a serious threat.
Global terrorism might be at a 25-year low these days but the stakes are a lot higher. The possibility of biochemical weapons falling into radical hands hangs over a generally upbeat review of the state of global terrorism released by the State Department today. Acts of Global Terrorism Down The State Department reports that there were 304 acts of international terrorism in 1997, up slightly from 1996 but still well below the 665 acts at its peak in 1987. Of those attacks in 1997, more than one-third of them took place in Colombia, where terrorists have targeted oil pipelines but caused few casualties. There appears to be a rise in religious terrorism, which tends to be more lethal.