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Appendix E: International Case Studies
Appendix E: International Case Studies
Pages 183-188
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The capability that Aum developed was remarkable, because normally the resources required to produce kilogram quantities of a nerve agent are significant, and would ordinarily require the backing of a nation-state, not a terrorist cult. The point is that terrorist organizations can be extremely well organized, and can have staff with significant technical training.
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Finally, on July 3, a chemical analysis conducted by the Nagano Police Science Investigation Institute identified sarin breakdown products, six days after the attack. The Aum Shinrikyo perpetrators were not identified before the attack; their activities in procuring chemical processing equipment and organophosphorus compounds used to synthesize sarin had not attracted the attention of authorities.
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The permeation and diffusion processes are relatively slow, and so a couple of hours elapsed before symptoms were manifest, during which time the Skripals had visited The Mill pub and Zizzi restaurant in Salisbury, finally moving to a park bench where they collapsed in response to the poisoning (BBC News, 2018b)
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. Police and firefighters who responded were in hazard suits and cordoned the area off, however, police did not declare a major incident until four days later, and shortly thereafter Scotland Yard concluded that Novichok was to blame following analysis at Porton Down (BBC News, 2018c)
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2018. "Russia Hacked Yulia Skripal's Emails For Five Years and Tested Novichok on Door Handles, Bombshell Intelligence Dossier Reveals." April 13, 2018.
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