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April 22, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=514302

British Parliament Prepares for Chemical/ Biological Attack

(Independent-UK) Ben Russell - Peter Hain, Leader of the House of Commons, told MPs Thursday that the head of MI5, Eliza Manningham-Buller, had issued a "clear intelligence" warning of the possibility of an anthrax or ricin attack on the heart of British democracy, and called on MPs to approve a permanent glass screen to prevent terror attacks on the chamber. Hain said, "If an al-Qaeda group managed to throw a phial of anthrax or ricin into the chamber, or even worse a suicide agent released it without anybody noticing, which we have been advised is quite feasible, the particles would immediately begin spreading throughout the chamber. Because of the way the air flows work, within minutes total contamination could occur."

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