Number: RL31831 Title: Terrorist Motivations for Chemical and Biological Weapons Use: Placing the Threat in Context Authors: Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Abstract: This report presents the arguments for and against future nonstate terrorist acquisition and/or use of CBW weapons against the United States, as well as a discussion of issues for Congress concerning how best to counter the threat. Pages: 8 Date: Updated March 28, 2003