A lone man using everyday objects (truck, car, kitchen knives, etc.) to sow death.
This is the form that many Islamist attacks have taken in recent years.
But, for more than twenty years, jihadists, in France and elsewhere in the world, have also sought to use more sophisticated means, coveting the full range of nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical (NRBC) weapons.
From the “dirty bomb” of radioactive waste to ricin and cyanide or sulfur gas, these projects have for the moment remained on the shelf, due to the complexity of their execution - low cost attacks being easier - or the intervention of anti-terrorist forces.
But one truth remains: for decades, the desire of al-Qaeda or the Islamic State to use these technologies has been intact.
And, regarding Daesh, it has succeeded according to a recent report on Syria from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW…
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