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Aum Supreme Truth

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Articles, links, updates and history of attacks. From The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism. Israel.
http://www.ict.org.il/inter_ter/orgdet.cfm?orgid=68

Description, activities, strength, area of operation and external aid. Links to additional resources. From the Federation of American Scientists. USA.
http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/aum.htm

The group's sarin gas attacks and unsuccessful attempts to release botulin toxin and anthrax spores, funding sources, and background.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no4/olson.htm

Database of news article on Aum and its founder, including historical background, criminal prosecutions, claims against Aum, government action, public reaction to Aum, and protests against the cult.
http://www.rickross.com/groups/asahara.html

Collection of articles and links in chronological order on Aum and its newly recreated form, from Cults on Campus, a cult watchdog group.
http://www.cultsoncampus.com/aum.html

Gives a 20 year synopsis of events of the Aum Shinri Kyo, up to the death sentence handed down to its leader.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-.../getarticle.pl5?nn20040228a6.htm

Profile of Shoko Asahara, who led Japan's Aum Shinrikyo cult which carried out the 1995 sarin gas attack in Tokyo.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3504237.stm