.S. Official Says Bio Attacks on U.S., Japan Certain
It is only a matter of time before biological weapons are used in attacks on the United States and Japan, according to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, Agence France-Presse reported today. “Japan is going to have a bioterrorism attack sometime in the future, just like America is going to,” Thompson told the Asahi Shimbun newspaper yesterday. “It is not if there is going to be an attack in Japan, it is when it is going to be,” he added. He said Japan has not yet developed a comprehensive plan for responding to such an attack, and urged the country to adopt policies similar to those developed by his agency. Full Story