INTERPOL Chief Warns of Bioterror Attack

(Capetown, South Africa) Addressing a conference in South Africa, Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble warned that authorities around the globe are "woefully unprepared for bioterrorism." Noble stated that al-Qaeda's bioterrorist ambitions represent a "clear and present danger."

From the BBC:

Addressing delegates from 41 African nations, Mr Noble said al-Qaeda's track record of deadly, unexpected terror attacks put the threat into focus.

Evidence collected from sympathetic websites also pointed to an avowed intention to stage bio-terror attacks if operatives gained the capability, he added.

"Al-Qaeda has openly claimed the right to kill four million people using biological and chemical weapons," he said.

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Tactics could vary - as well as a traditional detonation, attackers could turn themselves into a "suicide bio-weapon", Mr Noble said, travelling around while highly infectious.

The Capetown conference discussed police and emergency personnel training to counter possible smallpox, anthrax, botulism, or Ebola-related viruses released into population centers.

I'd like to know how al-Qaeda derived the bizarre contention that they have the right to kill four million people.