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	Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms, DOD http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/ The website works as a dictionary for acronyms and military terms.
	Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms, FEMA FAAT list http://www.fema.gov/doc/library/faatlist2002.doc The weblink opens a document containing a wide range of acronyms and other definitions.
	Bibliography of Terrorism, The Disaster Centre http://www.disastercenter.com/terror.htm The website provides a wide range of links on terrorism and security information.
	CBS News Disaster Links http://www.cbsnews.com/digitaldan/disaster/disasters.shtml The website focuses on disaster issues. Thus it contains a wide range of links dealing both with natural catastrophes and terrorism events.
	CDC, A-Z index of resources http://www.cdc.gov/az.do The website provides an alphabetical list of topics based on health issues. Thus it also contains relevant definitions of biological agents.
	DOD Glossary of Healthcare terminology http://www.tricare.osd.mil/imtr/downloads/glossary.doc The website opens a document containing an important glossary of healthcare terminology.
	DOD Glossary of Healthcare terminology - acronyms http://www.tricare.osd.mil/imtr/downloads/dmim_acr.doc The website contains an important list of acronyms mostly related to defence topics.
	FEMA Photo Library http://www.photolibrary.fema.gov/photolibrary/index.jsp The website contains an interesting search engine for photos related to emergency events.
	Glossary of Terms for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Agents and Defence Equipment. U.S. Army Centre for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Dec 2001. http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/documents/TG/TECHGUID/TG204a.pdf The website opens a document containing a wide range of definitions and glossary of terms on biological, chemical and nuclear agents.
	Hazardous Materials Information Service, Dpt of Defence http://www.dlis.dla.mil/hmirs/default.asp The website contains a wide range of resources on hazardous materials.
	Humanitarian Resource Institute, Biodefense Reference Library http://www.humanitarian.net/biodefense The website provides a virtual library focused on biodefense issues.
	Lessons Learned Information Sharing System, Dpt of Homeland Security https://www.llis.dhs.gov/frontpage.cfm The website requires a registration in order to belong to a network gathering a wide range of information.
	MedTng.Com web link site, Dpt of Defence http://www.medtrng.com/nbc_information.htm The website contains numerous links on WMD issues and topics.
	NIOSH Emergency Response Resources http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/emres/ The website contains numerous links on emergency preparedness and terrorism topics.
	Relief Web. UN International Resource Listing http://rw.aidworkers.net/ The website provides a list containing the community of humanitarian practitioners.
	The National Guideline Clearinghouse http://www.guidelines.gov/resources/glossary.aspx The website contains a wide range of explicit definitions focusing mostly on health issues.
	WMD terrorism data base, Centre for Non-proliferation Studies http://cns.miis.edu/wmdt/ The website requires a registration in order to access the Monterey institute WMD terrorism database.
	World Health Organization, Health Library for Disasters http://www.helid.desastres.net/ The website contains a virtual library on disaster issues mostly based on a health perspective.

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