The Monterey WMD Terrorism Database is the largest open source catalog of worldwide incidents involving the acquisition, possession, threat and use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by sub-state actors.
Maintained by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies' WMD Terrorism Research Program, the database includes more than 1,100 incidents -- from 1900 to the present -- that relate to the use of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) materials as possible weapons.
The database is updated regularly based on data captured from hundreds of monitored sources -- including news services, academic and trade journals, government reports, books, conferences proceedings, Internet sites and unpublished sources -- in a variety of languages, such as Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Korean, Russian and Spanish.
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Around 150 girls and teachers at Rostaq High School for Girls in north eastern Afghanistan were poisoned but none had died, the victims of a suspected poisoning being blamed on the Taleban. Local political officials had revealed that someone had tampered with the water supply of the school in Rostaq, Takar. Najebullah Khaliqyar, head of the provincial council, said: “There was something mixed with the water that was kept in containers in the schools. When the girls drank it they became sick.” [A...[read more]
Willie Brigitte, Australia's most notorious terrorist has been arrested by French police on Friday in Asnieres, north of Paris. The former Sydney resident was one of 17 members of the banned terrorist group Forsane Alizza, or the Knights of Pride, who intelligence officials allege has a stash of arms, took part in physical training in parks, in the forest, and was also planning a kidnapping. Brigitte was extradited to France nine years ago to face trial for charge related to his membership of a ...[read more]
Terrorists Lose Isolation Case Two high-profile Islamic terrorist prisoners who claimed their human rights were violated when they were segregated for extended periods failed to persuade leading judges that their treatment was unlawful. Bourgass, 35, an Algerian, is serving 17 years for conspiracy to commit public nuisance by using poisons or explosives in relation to the 2002 Ricin terrorist plot. He injured four officers during the attack and is serving sentence for attempted murder of two ...[read more]
The head of the Takfiri network has been recently uncovered by the Lebanese army. The Takfiri network within its ranks which is currently residing in the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Southern Lebanon, reported by the radio, was planning on carrying attacks against army barracks and centers. Jamaa al-Islamiyya official Bassam Hammoud told the radio that Abu Mohammed Toufic Taha is controlling three al-Qaida cells in Lebanon and he works for Majed al-Majed, a Saudi member of the terro...[read more]
Al-Qaeda fanatics are using the web to plot a deadly cyanide poison attack on the London Olympics,which start on July 27. Extremists on the website with links to the terror groups have posted instructions in Arabic on how to cause mass casualties at this summer's Game. The web posts should be taken seriously by the security services as an extremist who called himself Abu Hija Ansari said the poison should be mixed with a hand cream that would enable cyanide to be absorbed through the skin. On th...[read more]
A gamekeeper sparked a major alert after lying that he'd swallowed cyanide. Graeme Thompson, 29, caused cops to seal off part of Perth after saying he'd ingested a poison so deadly it could kill someone standing near him. The suspect also falsely claimed to have eaten razor blades in a bid to commit suicide in a “blaze of glory” last November, Perth Sheriff Court heard. According to Sheriff Lindsay Foulis, Thompson, who admitted for a series of offenses was jailed for causing considerable disrup...[read more]
Prince George's County Police are searching for a man who has committed a series of bank robberies by threatening to detonate a nuclear weapon. The most recent robbery occurred Monday morning at the M&T Bank branch in the 6300 block of Kirby Road in Clinton. The Suspect walked into the bank and passed a note to a teller demanding money. The suspect fled the scene on foot with an undetermined amount of cash. The suspect did not show any evidence of having such device, according to police spokesma...[read more]
Police arrested three South Korean traders for spreading rumors about an explosion at a nuclear reactor directly linked to a 2pc fall in the South Korean stock market. The won also fell nearly 1pc on the same day. Despite the significant fluctuation in currency and stock markets, the three: a 19-year-old student and two office workers- are understood to have made little more than 29m won, or £16,300, trading that day. [A] The three individuals diffused the false story by sending 200 online mess...[read more]
Cyanide poison alert sparks evacuation at Blairgowire police station in Perthshire. A woman walked inside the police station and placed a jar of deadly poison potassium cyanide on the counter. Potassium cyanide is a deadly toxin that is fatal even if swallowed in small amounts. The woman said she discovered the substance in her parents' house; she went in to the police station to seek advice on the poison. [A] Tayside Fire and Rescue were alerted to the situation and made the decision to evacua...[read more]
Asim Kausar, 25, a British Muslim from Manchester, was jailed for two years and three months at Manchester Crown Court, for possession of a computer memory stick with details on the toxin ricin, assassination and torture techniques, and instructions to improvise explosive devices. The memory stick was handed to police after Kausar's family was burgled. [A] [B] Kausar's hoard of terror-related information was found when police analyzed the memory stick. He admitted to have downloaded the informa...[read more]
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