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May 27, 2004.

HomelandDefenseStocks.com's latest report: “Is the nation ready for a ‘dirty bomb?

POINT ROBERTS, Wash., May 27, 2004 - www.HomelandDefenseStocks.com, (HDS) an investment research portal for the Homeland Defense and Security Sector, reports on recent terror threats and the country's state of preparedness to deal with a major attack. The site does not make recommendations, but offers a unique information portal to investors following the homeland security sector.

Article excerpt:

The federal government has announced that further terrorist attacks are likely this summer. Several new reports say a major concern is that terrorists may acquire and use a chemical, biological or radiological enhanced weapon.

In the opinion of at least one expert, a 'dirty bomb' is the most dangerous terrorist scenario we face.
"I think an explosive is by far the most likely scenario,' says Dr. Carl Schultz , professor of emergency medicine at U of C, Irvine. " That's what they (the terrorists) do best and it's very hard to stop. It doesn't have to be particularly deadly radioactive material, because ANY radioactivity would take an entire area right off the map in the public's mind."

A dirty bomb would use conventional explosives to spread radioactive materials. It would have no atomic chain reaction and would likely be made without highly enriched uranium or plutonium, which tend to be well-guarded and difficult to move or handle.
"It would be incredibly hard to ever get people to go back to Disneyland, for example, after any radioactive release. Because the public 'knows' that radioactivity lasts forever, even though that isn't true," says Dr. Schultz….

So what will happen if Al-Qaida does manage to pull off an attack?
Dr. Schultz, who has published several papers on hospital preparedness, says there are lots of similarities between responses to earthquakes and a large-scale terrorist attack, and the biggest lesson the country has learned to date is the key to an effective response is a very robust public health infrastructure. He says that infrastructure has been badly neglected, and the government is finally moving to update it. Recent announcements suggest he's right.

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HDS featured Companies: Biological and chemical weapons detection and medical countermeasures:

Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: AEMD) www.AethlonMedical.com is pioneering the development of viral filtration devices that rapidly reduce the presence of infectious disease and toxins in the body. The Company is developing pathogen filtration devices to treat infectious agents used in biological warfare and terrorism. The Company has a cooperative agreement with the National Center for Biodefense at George Mason University to collaborate to develop pathogen and toxin filtration devices to protect the lives of U.S. Military personnel exposed to biological warfare.

Markland Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: MRKL) www.marklandtech.com is positioned in the chemical detection sector with its subsidiary; Virginia based Science and Technology Research, Inc. (STR) and its Shipboard Automatic Chemical Agent Detection and Alarm System (ACADA). The ACADA is an automatic chemical agent alarm system capable of detecting and identifying blister and nerve agents simultaneously. The ACADA is man-portable, provides an audible and visual alarm, and has a communication interface to support battlefield automation systems. The Company recently completed a marketing agreement with Tradeways Ltd. to sell the shipboard version of ACADA systems to foreign militaries, and has seen growing domestic sales of the system.

Roaming Messenger, Inc. (OTCBB: RMSG) www.roamingmessenger.com is a breakthrough wireless solution for delivering real-time actionable information, to the right person, right away. The Company is currently in a partnership with FirstWatch™ from Stout Solutions, LLC as the Smart Messaging component of their Bio-Surveillance system. FirstWatchTM is an early warning syndromic and biosurveillance system designed to monitor real time public safety 911 and other key data sources for abnormalities that may indicate a stealth biological attack or other significant user defined event. Roaming Messenger provides capabilities beyond existing e-mail, text messaging and voicemail solutions by packaging time-critical information and decision points into a "smart courier" message. The result is a messenger that roams throughout the wired and wireless worlds - from mobile devices to desktop PCs to central servers - tracking down people and getting responses in real-time.

Bioterrorism Agents/Diseases: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/Agent/Agentlist.asp

HomelandDefenseStock.com includes a growing list of public companies in the sector. For a partial list of companies involved in homeland defense and security technology: www.investorideas.com/Companies/HomelandDefense/Articles/StockList.asp

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Dr. Carl Schultz, professor of emergency medicine at U of C, Irvine, serves on two national task forces on terrorism and is a consultant to the national ANSER Institute for Homeland Security.