The US agricultural sector: a new target for terrorism?

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The potential for terrorists to disrupt economies and societies by

introducing pathogens into the food chain and livestock is only now

being taken seriously by government agencies, argues Peter Chalk....

 

....Apart from the risk of precipitating civil disturbances, there is

also the possibility that mass culling, burning and incineration

operations might spark acts of terrorism by animal rights and

environmental extremists. The police authorities in California are

very concerned at the prospects of such extremism, not least because

of the state's history of radical, socially inspired activism and the

existence of many sympathisers that express strong support for

militant groups such as the Earth Liberation Front, the Animal Rights

Militia and the Animal Liberation Front...

 

 

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