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Cultists as terrorists: Aum Shinrikyo

Journal article

By: Kyle B. Olson

Date: July-August, 1999

Source: "Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat?", as published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, (1999): Vol. 5, No. 4.

About the Author: Kyle B. Olson is adviser, consultant, and writer on high-technology terrorism, the threat of chemical and biological weapons, and the practical challenges of arms control. He is a member of the Central Intelligence Agency's Nonproliferation Advisory Panel, guest lecturer on chemical and biological weapons terrorism at the Defense Nuclear Weapons School, Air War College, Naval War College, and U.S. Air Force Special Operations School, and an adjunct faculty member at George Washington...