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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: Lane3 who wrote (30262)9/29/2001 3:44:52 PM
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<<Tucson, Arizona Saturday, 29 September 2001
Kyl: Counter germ warfare with nukes

By Joe Salkowski
ARIZONA DAILY STAR

U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl says the United States should respond with nuclear weapons if terrorists ever launch a large-scale attack on America with chemical or biological weapons.

"I can't think of any other appropriate response in the case of a massive attack with biological weapons," Kyl said Friday during a town hall meeting in Tucson. "We have to let terrorist states know that nothing is off the table."

The Arizona Republican wasn't specific about the potential targets for such a counterstrike and conceded that response would kill innocent civilians. Nonetheless, he suggested the United States should consider launching nuclear missiles even if it wasn't clear who launched a chemical or biological attack.

"I would probably go a step further and say to all terrorist states that we're probably not going to know exactly where it came from," Kyl said. "So we're going to hold them all responsible." <snip> >>

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