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British Authorities Conduct Simulated Chemical Attack on Subway British authorities yesterday conducted a simulated chemical weapons attack on the London Underground subway system, according to the Associated Press (see GSN, Sept. 5). In the exercise, a subway train stopped in a tunnel as it approached the Bank station as if a chemical weapon attack had occurred onboard, AP reported. Police cadets, acting as passengers, were evacuated and treated aboveground by emergency workers using new decontamination equipment. The exercise was not conducted in response to any specific terrorist threat, the British Transportation Department said. “Most people realize that we live in extremely difficult times. We’ve got to prepare against all sorts of eventualities,” Transport Secretary Alistair Darling said (Associated Press/Yahoo!News, Sept. 7). Darling also said that plans have been created to evacuate London in the event of a terrorist attack involving weapons of mass destruction. “We are looking at various scenarios,” Darling said. “Evacuation would be a last resort, but we are in a position where we have to look at what to do in event of an attack,” he said (Michael Paterson, London Telegraph, Sept. 8).
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