| June 8, 2005: Terrorists in Iraq have made their first attack with biological weapons. On May 31st, a man walked up to a checkpoint, and gave a watermelon to the Iraqi soldiers manning it. The soldiers later fell sick, after eating the watermelon. It was found that someone had used a syringe to inject cyanide into the melon. This may be a one-off attack, and not the start of new type of attack. Word of this poisoning got around Iraq pretty fast, so soldiers and police will be reluctant to take fruit from strangers. Thus this use of poisons (biological warfare) may be a one time event. Then again, the terrorists, who have not hesitated to kill innocent civilians, including children, may poison water supplies, or larger supplies of food. This would cause panic, and make the terrorists appear more powerful. This is the kind of result that keeps terrorists going. |