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Bioterrorism “Drop the sword , for there is but one flesh to wound, and it is the one flesh of all humankind.” - Jonathan Lockwood Huie What is bioterrorism? Bioterrorism is an attack that involve by releasing bacteria, viruses and other harmful agents which can caused illness or death. Most of these agents can found in nature. Terrorist may used these biological agents as a weapon against their enemy in order to achieve their purposes. Because these agents is extremely difficult to detect and most of the time it doesn’t shows any symptoms for several hours to several days. Thus this is an effective and economic way for the terrorist to create public panic and social disruption without getting their own brother killed. Use of biological warfare Infectious disease was recognized as a potential impact on people and enemy as early as 600B.C.Poisoning wells and other sources of enemy water supply was a common strategy that continued be used through the European wars, the American civil wars and even into 20th century. During World War 1, Germans shipped infected horses and cows w...

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