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http://www.axcessnews.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=10665

Terrorists Plot to Attack Americans Through Food Supply
By Jim Kouri

(AXcess News) New York - While airport security, seaport protection,
illegal immigration and other functions of the Department of Homeland Security garner more attention and news headlines, one of the most feared terrorist tactics is the use of the United States' domestic food supply chain to kill as many Americans as possible.

Intelligence sources believe that this type of terrorist plot is being
considered by members of several groups including Al-Qaeda. In fact, the DHS has a term to describe such a tactic: Agro-terrorism.

US agriculture generates more than $1 trillion per year in economic
activity and provides an abundant food supply for Americans and others. Since the September 11, 2001, attacks, there have been new concerns about the vulnerability of US agriculture to the deliberate introduction of animal and plant diseases.

Several agencies, including the US Department of Agriculture, the
Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Defense, play a role in protecting the nation against Agro-terrorism.
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