Asahara‚ promised followers that they would have the power to hover or levitate if they joined. Since its establishment in 1984‚ it has committed at least two terrorist attacks. The group was popular in the 1990’s and had many members (10‚000 in Japan and approximately 30‚000 in Russia) but following the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway‚ the numbers diminished due to the group being targeted by the police. They changed the name of the organisation from Aum Shinrikyo to Aleph. History The infamous
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Aum Shinrikyo On an ordinary Monday morning in 1995‚ millions of Tokyo residents on the way to work or school boarded trains on the second busiest subway system in the world. Only five people on the trains that morning knew that the events of March 20th would change the lives of nearly everyone commuting that day. Between 8:00 and 8:10 that morning‚ a simultaneous attack on five deferent cars‚ all set to converge on the Kasumigaseki station‚ a key location where several government ministries
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the fact they have a combination of different belief systems which include Buddhism‚ Hinduism‚ Christianity‚ Shamanism and New Age. Aum Shinrikyo is considered a terrorist organization because of previous actions and their participation in various attacks‚ and for previous attempts to use chemical and biological weapons on innocent people. This paper will cover the origination of the group‚ the background of the leaders‚ their activities and countries where they are located. It will also cover their
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This attack shocked the world and delivered a message that the terrorist groups are capable of cultivating a chemical bomb in densely populated urban areas. Previously terrorist groups targeted political aims but this was the time when they targeted masses and
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OUTLINE 1. Intro- Chemical and biological weapons first appeared in a large quantity in the First World War. Chemical weapons‚ such as sarin‚ nerve gas‚ and mustard gas‚ have to be made in a laboratory. Biological weapons‚ such as Typhus‚ Q fever‚ and Anthrax‚ can be viruses or bacteria. Chemical and Biological weapons have few advantages and so many disadvantages that the advantages aren’t worth the possible effects. 2. Paragraph 1-advantages that can be turned into disadvantages a. Point 1-killing
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President Assad was already in a very comfortable position in the six-year civil war to retain the monarchy‚ a fact fortified by even President Trump only two weeks before the alleged attack. Now the debate would be why he wanted to do something as daft as to use SARIN gas on civilians when he clearly had the Russians to pulverise any chosen target. Or was this just a WTD illusion? James Comey was sacked from an executive position of the FBI; in a ‘The Apprentice’ TV show
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Sarin Gas Sarin Gas is one the most deadly and toxic gases that has no color and no scent. The formula for this chemical is C4H10FO2P or a more complicated formula or CH3P(=O)(F)(OCH(CH3)2) . This destructive weapon was innovated as a herbicide during the 193040s which is labeled as a nerve agent. Sarin is capable of causing the fatality of someone or the suffocating of a person by just inhaling a low concentration of Sarin gas. Sarin is considered a chiral molecule since it contains four chemical
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answers‚ The only thing they did know that it was airborne. It was a slow and painful death. It was something you didn’t wish on your sworn enemy. Now people were wearing masks in an attempt to ward off the virus. Everyone has a curfew in the city of Tokyo. They are expected to be indoors by 8pm. If people were out after that‚ they were to be detained. ‘It was for their safety’ they say. Choromatsu sighs heavily under his mask‚ he had gotten a call‚ stating that his older brother was being held for
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After the attack Introduction The data shows that far and above the people who die or are physically hurt in a terrorist attack or act of war‚ there are many more who are suffer psychological injuries. As the specter of a major terrorist attack hangs over the United States‚ it is critical that policy makers‚ government agencies and civil leaders understand how to deal with the fear and panic that come with an attack. It is especially the case when the attackers use a weapon of mass destruction that
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horrifying experience of a gas attack in World War I. Owen goes into excruciating detail on every effect of the gas‚ and describes almost everything about the physical state of the infected‚ dying man. Thousands of soldiers were exposed to gas in the war‚ and unfortunately‚ many of them died from the effects. The first attack that the Germans unleashed on the allies was devastating. Over 5000 soldiers were killed with many more incapacitated (Christianson 30). While the attack was detrimental to the
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