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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by nradov on Sunday February 26, 2023 @04:46PM (#34949847)
Terrorists motivated by religion or ideology sometimes use tactics and weapons that make no sense to rational people. The Aum Shinrikyo cult was developing biological weapons.
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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by jcranmer on Sunday February 26, 2023 @05:13PM (#34950120)
> The Aum Shinrikyo cult was developing biological weapons.

Sarin would be classed as chemical, not biological.

It's also worth illustrating that their primary terrorist act killed 15 people, after releasing sarin on 5 different trains during Tokyo's busy rush hour. You would have been more effective just lobbing a single grenade.

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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by nradov on Sunday February 26, 2023 @05:16PM (#34950150)
The cult used a chemical weapon. They were also developing biological weapons based on botulism and anthrax at the same time but fortunately didn't get a chance to use those.
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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by tptacek on Sunday February 26, 2023 @11:08PM (#34952854)
The same thing they just said about sarin vs. a grenade, you can say about anthrax vs. a grenade.
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