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• Regional: Asia: Japan  (7,233)
• Society: Issues: Terrorism: Biological and Chemical: Sarin Nerve Gas  (1)

Aum Sect/Shoko Asahara - - 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.

Aum Shinrikyo/Aleph in the News - - Collection of articles and links in chronological order on Aum and its newly recreated form, from Cults on Campus, a cult watchdog group.

BBC News - Profile: Shoko Asahara - - Profile of Shoko Asahara, who led Japan's Aum Shinrikyo cult which carried out the 1995 sarin gas attack in Tokyo.

CDC: Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat? - - The group's sarin gas attacks and unsuccessful attempts to release botulin toxin and anthrax spores, funding sources, and background.

FAS: Aum Supreme Truth (Aum) - - Description, activities, strength, area of operation and external aid. Links to additional resources. From the Federation of American Scientists. USA.

ICT: Aum Shinrikyo - - Articles, links, updates and history of attacks. From The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism. Israel.

Japan Times - Chronology of Aum Developments - - Gives a 20 year synopsis of events of the Aum Shinri Kyo, up to the death sentence handed down to its leader. (February 24, 2004)