ISIS' Threat: Chemical and Biological
Intelligence researcher Ronen Solomon analyzes the reports of ISIS' threats
to commit attacks in the subway in Paris and New York. What really drives
the West to act against the Islamic State organization?
Ronen Solomon 28/9/2014
http://www.israeldefense.com/?CategoryID=483&ArticleID=3137

The real threat ISIS poses is mass attacks in aerial transportation and
subways using chemical and biological weapons.This is the real concern that
brings the Western intelligence services to act firmly against ISIS, not
just the horror videos.

The emerging concern is that ISIS activists holding western nationalities
will be able to lay their hands on unconventional weapons (chemicals and
biological toxins) from Syrian stockpiles and possibly smuggle them into
Europe in order to carry out attacks in subways, similar to the use of sarin
gas (organophosphorus compound) in March 1995, in which thousands of people
were injured on the subway in Tokyo.

This assessment is now also joined by an announcement by the Iraqi prime
minister, who said Thursday that the intelligence of his country has
revealed a plan by ISIS to conduct a terror attack in subways in the United
States and Paris.

Syria has one of the world's largest stockpile of sarin, and Israeli
intelligence sources estimate that, in spite of the disarmament agreement
signed with the West, some of these stockpiles are still in hiding in Syria.

On September 18, "Reuters" revealed Israel believes that Syria has
maintained its chemical weapons caches ready for use – despite the fact
Assad's regime previously gave away the raw materials used to manufacture
such weapons. "Reuters" was basing on the words of a senior Israeli defense
official, who expressed concern that the fighters of the Islamic State in
Syria will try to put their hands on chemical weapons. The source revealed
that Israel knows that the Syrians kept for themselves combat warheads,
air-to-ground bombs and anti-tank missiles containing toxic gases such as
sarin.

The same source estimated that ISIS can get grenades or missiles armed with
sarin gas, and that Israel has already operated to prevent such scenarios
when these kind of concerns were raised. Western diplomats have expressed
concern that along with chemical threat Syria also has research and
development facilities designed to produce the poison ricin.

Nightmare Scenario

In the morning of March 20, 1995, during rush hour in the subway in Tokyo,
when thousands of people were on their way to work, terrorists of the
Japanese religious cult "Aum Shinrikyo" released sarin compound on five
train cars in three different lines at the same time.

Members of the cult, known to be extremists, had previously committed acts
such as murder, kidnapping, torture, and other acts of terrorism.

The release of the sarin gas was timed so that it would happen as the trains
meet under the government offices.

12 infusion bags containing approximately 300-500 cc of sarin each were
hidden in lunch boxes and drink containers. At the designated time, the
terrorists punctured the bags with a sharp tool and the sarin began
spreading in the train cars and stations. 16 stations were contaminated,
causing the deaths of 12 and 5,500 casualties with various degrees of injury
who were evacuated to 50 different hospitals throughout Tokyo.