Steve Quayle News Alerts

May 8, 2003
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

The Australian government is gearing up for a terrorist attack involving weapons of mass destruction by ordering thousands of body bags.

News.com.au reports officials e-mailed a notice April 28 to nearly 100 hospital-supply companies to solicit bids to fill the order of the special, double-lined bags.

The federal attorney-general's department hired a Melbourne company, called Tendersearch, to help drum up bids. An advertisement by the company reads: "Supply of body bags for the management of fatalities subsequent to a chemical biological or radiological incident. These bags shall allow the safe handling of deceased persons or parts thereof including the containment of any body fluid."

Emergency Management Australia spokesman Brian Flanagan told the newssite the solicitation for quotes was part of the chemical, biological and radiological acquisition program of equipment.

"In last year's budget we were funded to the extent of $17.8 million to acquire and manage the acquisition of chemical, biological and radiological equipment in consultation with the states and territory," Flanagan said.

"The government does have a supply of all equipment relating to emergency management," he added. "They do have body bags on hand to deal with any emergencies."

The body bags will be distributed to government departments throughout Australia.

Government officials have also ordered security upgrades on major infrastructure facilities, including southeast Queensland's Tarong North Power Station. It is soliciting bids for a contract to assess security threats to crucial electricity and gas supplies in Victoria which, if sabotaged by terrorists, would plunge the state into chaos.

Australia has been on a heightened state of terror alert since the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the Bali bombings last October 12 which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.

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