USNews.com: News: Bad Guys

Note by Bill: I know when Shawn got over there he was assigned to other duties because they didn't think chemicals was that much of a threat. 

Few terrorism experts doubt that we're going to get hit by a biological or chemical attack. Recent strikes by Iraqi insurgents using chlorine gas underscore the concern. That's why Washington has spent billions of dollars preparing for such an event. But two reports quietly declassified last week suggest that the backbone of any U.S. response–America's military units–are alarmingly unprepared.

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