talon57@well.com writes:
Tim May wrote:
Again, the Sarin attack in Tokyo had nothing to do with former U.S.S.R. CBW weapons. Chemical and biological agents are cheap to make, especially in the quanties needed to kill only a few thousand people, and in the non-battlefield delivery environment.
Actually Tim, the Aum Supreme truth cult was using a Russian formula for it's production of sarin, and was spending vast amounts of time and money trying to obtain Russian NBC expertise. They supposedly had an estimated 30,000 followers in the former Soviet union.
I recently finished an excellent book "The cult at the end of the world" about all this and highly recommend it to my fellow cypherpunks.
Brian
I used to do work for the company that distributed AUM literature in Russia. Curiously, the same people distribute Baha'i literature. :-) --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps