US should expect a nuclear or biological terrorist attack by 2013, report says

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The United States should expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or biological weapons within the next five years, a US study said.

The margin of safety in America is "shrinking, not growing", the bipartisan report said, and it urged the US to "move with a sense of urgency" to improve security. 

The report, which will be published on Wednesday, cites US ally Pakistan as a hotspot for danger: "Were one to map terrorism and weapons of mass destruction today, all roads would intersect in Pakistan." 

The Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism report said terrorists are more likely to be able to obtain biological weapons, with anthrax a particular danger, than nuclear weapons, as nuclear facilities are more carefully guarded. 

Civilian laboratories with potentially dangerous pathogens abound, and could easily be compromised, the report said.  continues here

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