2011 NCTC Counterterrorism Calendar The NCTC Seal
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) Afghan Taliban Al-Qa'ida Al-Qa'ida in Iraq (AQI) Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Al-Qa'ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) Al-Shabaab Ansar al-Islam (AI) Greek Domestic Terrorism HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement) Hizballah Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) Jemaah Islamiya (JI) Kongra-Gel (KGK) Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT) Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) MORE
Profiles A-C Profiles D-L Profiles M-Z
Anthrax Biological Threats Bomb Threat Stand-off Distances Chemical Agents Chemical Incident (Indicators) Common Explosives False Travel Documents (Indicators) Radicalization Radiological Incident (Indicators) Ricin Sarin Suspicious Financial Activity (Indicators) Suspicious Substance Terrorist Document (Indicators) TNT Equivalents Toxic Industrial Chemicals VX MORE
Bomb Threat Call Procedures Captured or Killed Foreign Terrorist Organizations Have Suspicions? Rewards for Justice (RFJ) State Sponsors of Terrorism Worldwide Incidents Tracking System (WITS)
 
Name Color Smell
Nerve Agents
Tabun (GA) Colorless to brown Fruity
Sarin (GB) Colorless No odor
Soman (GD) Colorless Fruity; oil of camphor
VX Colorless to straw color No odor
Vesicants
Impure sulfur mustard (H) Pale yellow to dark brown Garlic or mustard
Distilled sulfur mustard (HD) Pale yellow to dark brown Garlic or mustard
Lewisite (L) Pure: colorless
Agent: amber to dark brown
Geranium
Riot Control Agents
Chlorobenzylidene Malononitrile (CS) White crystalline powder Pepper
Chloroacetophenone (CN) Liquid or solid Apple blossom
Diphenylaminearsine (DM) Yellow-green crystalline solid No odor
Pulmonary Agents
Chlorine (CL2) Clear to yellow gas Bleach
Phosgene (CG) Colorless gas Freshly-mown hay
Cyanides (Blood Agents)
Hydrogen Cyanide (AC) Gas Bitter almonds or peach kernels
Cyanogen Chloride Gas or liquid—colorless Pungent, biting odor
Incapacitating Agents
BZ White crystalline powder No odor