I just learned that the Al Qaeda websites have been down since September 10; they deny cyber attack, but it sure looks like it. My question: where has this been reported? I'm obviously missing some important source in my daily news fix if I'm just learning about this. (link below) [more inside]
posted by kestralwing on Oct 20, 2008 - 6 answers

SarinGasFilter: in the Aum Shinrikyo sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, 5 team members released a total of 5.5 litres of liquid sarin at 5 different locations. According to this Wikipedia article, "a single drop of sarin the size of the head of a pin can kill an adult," yet the total deaths = 12. Were Aum Shinrikyo aware that their sarin was spectacularly bad/ impure/ degraded, or were they aiming for significantly more fatalities?
posted by The_Partridge_Family on May 16, 2007 - 9 answers

A year or two ago there was a news story about Israel awarding medals to several agents of their government for acts of terrorism against Egypt and the United States (in the 70s I think). Formerly they had been denounced by the Israelis as "rogue" agents or some such. Anyone have a link to the story?
posted by BrotherCaine on Jan 27, 2007 - 2 answers

Why don't terrorists use strong encryption? [more inside]
posted by Sirius on Aug 11, 2006 - 25 answers

What has changed since 9/11? [more inside]
posted by photoslob on Jul 8, 2006 - 67 answers

In 2003 HBO made a documentary about the Chechen separatists taking over a Russian theater... [more inside]
posted by 517 on Jul 11, 2005 - 4 answers

Terrorists destroy the sun.... How long does humanity survive??? (the inside... there's more???) [more inside]
posted by John Kenneth Fisher on Dec 22, 2004 - 32 answers