Several times during the many days of coverage on the World Trade Center and Pentagon disasters, various analysts and experts on the Middle East mentioned that there is fear of retaliation by the terrorists to any attacks on them by the U. S.
Of great concern is the possibility of chemical or biological agents being released by bomb or some other method onto populated areas here – with the capability of killing millions. Now, is it just me, or does it not seem obvious that gas masks should be distributed to the entire nation to neutralize, or at least minimize the threat, thus thwarting the terrorists? They did it in Israel during the Gulf War.
Arlington
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