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...Moment of silence observed at a Tokyo subway station last week on the 10th anniversary of Aum Shinrikyo's sarin gas attack, which killed 12 and wounded 5,500 1,650 Number of followers of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, now known as Aleph, down from 11,000 at the time of the attack...
WHAT WE THOUGHT THEN In the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate, the CIA stated that "Baghdad has begun renewed production of mustard, sarin, GF and VX." During his prewar presentation to the U.N., Secretary of State Colin Powell claimed that satellite photos taken in May 2002 showed the movement of chemical weapons from a factory to the field...
...Terror Train The death sentence imposed on Japanese cult leader Shoko Asahara for the 1995 sarin-gas attack in the Tokyo subway [NOTEBOOK, March 8] brought back the horror of that assault. We covered the disaster, which caused the death of 12 and injured more than 5,500, in our April 3, 1995, issue...
SENTENCED TO DEATH. SHOKO ASAHARA, 48, former leader of the religious sect that released sarin gas into the Tokyo subway in 1995; in Tokyo. The founder of Aum Shinrikyo, a cult that combined Buddhist and Hindu philosophies, was convicted of masterminding the attack that killed 12 and injured...
...acquisitions sector. So far this year, U.S. companies have announced deals worth five times as much as during the same period last year. But the real cliffhanger involves AT&T Wireless, the U.S.'s troubled No. 3 carrier. It wants to merge, and Arun Sarin, chief executive of British mobile giant Vodafone, has said he wants to bid. Assuming it could outbid the No. 2 player, Cingular (which upped its bid last week), Vodafone would be buying a firm that's losing market share. The bid deadline was Friday, but no one would confirm a Vodafone offer; some...