[Calpernia]

>>>>We are forgetting about the economic fallout, my friend...

Why am I forgetting about that?

[Donna Lee Nardo]

More than anything else, that is what al qaeda's stated intentions are; they want to destroy America and the easiest way to do that is to take away its economic power. Rather than kill or maim many people, dirty bombs would wreak havoc with the economy by shutting down an area of a city or an entire city.