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Posted on 07/13/2004 7:11:31 PM PDT by wagglebee
A new book written by a former FBI consultant claims that al-Qaida not only has obtained nuclear devices, but likely has them in the U.S. and will detonate them in the near future.
These chilling allegations appear in "Osama's Revenge: The Next 9/11: What the Media and the Government Haven't Told You," by Paul L. Williams (Prometheus Books).
Williams claims that al-Qaida has been planning a spectacular nuclear attack using six or seven suitcase nuclear bombs that would be detonated simulantaneously against U.S. cities.
"They want the most bang for the buck, and that is nuclear," Williams told NewsMax.
"I expect such an attack would come between now and the end of 2005," the author said.
In addition to writing several books on terrorism, Williams, an investigative journalist, has worked as an FBI consultant.
Williams' contention is not far from what U.S. intelligence believes, a source close to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has told NewsMax. The source said Ridge claimed that U.S. intelligence believes terrorists already have smuggled into the U.S. actual atomic devices as opposed to so-called “dirty nukes” that simply are conventional bombs that help spread radiation.
The Bush administration has warned for years that terrorists pose a nuclear threat to America.
Williams' book presents a review on the increasing spread of nuclear weapons technology, which the author says can be traced to India's nuclear tests in the early 1970s. It accelerated when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
Shortly after the Indian nuclear tests, Pakistan made an all-out effort to join the nuclear club, the author says. Islamabad received "help" from sympathetic nations, namely China and North Korea.
Williams traces the rampant spread of nuclear bomb development to a leading Pakistani scientist, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan.
Khan, described as an "Islamic extremist," has also been depicted by former CIA chief George Tenet as "the father of Pakistan's nuclear program."
It is believed the Pakistani gained his expertise while working in the Netherlands, where he allegedly stole technology used in uranium reprocessing, a key procedure for building an atomic bomb.
Pakistan successfully detonated two nuclear weapons inside a northern mountain range in the late 1990s.
Khan, arrested by Pakistani police in February, under White House pressure, admitted selling nuclear technology to numerous foreign countries including North Korea and Libya.
Williams reports that Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was investigating Khan at the time he was kidnapped and later killed (2003).
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, fearing a backlash from radical Muslims, granted Khan a pardon but restricted his travels.
According to Williams, another beneficiary of Khan's "contacts" was al-Qaida. The author reports that the U.S. got its first "hard" evidence of a connection when it invaded the Afghan capital of Kabul in 2001.
A former al-Qaida safe house was found to be loaded with documents detailing dealings with the Pakistani scientist.
The finding was so serious, says Williams, that Tenet traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan to follow up on the discovery.
Tenet: 'They Are Coming'
Perhaps it was such intelligence that led Tenet to say in October 2002: “The threat environment we face is as bad as it was before September 11. It is serious. They have reconstituted. They are coming after us."
Almost from the moment 9/11 happened, the U.S. has been on heightened state of alert and worry over the possible use of nuclear weapons. On the day of the attack, President Bush left Florida and began criss-crossing the country in Air Force One in maneuvers consistent with a president preparing for a nuclear attack.
Shortly after Sept. 11, Taliban leader Mullah Omar claimed to BBC that the main intent of al-Qaida was the “bigger cause,” which he described as the “destruction of America.”
Asked pointed if this meant the use of nuclear weapons againt the U.S., he responded: “This is not a matter of weapons. We are hopeful for God's help. The real matter is the extinction of America. And, God willing, it will fall to the ground.”
Omar cryptically suggested a nuclear plan was already under way at the time of Sept. 11. “The plan is going ahead and, God willing, it is being implemented. But it is a huge task, which is beyond the will and comprehension of human beings. If God's help is with us, this will happen within a short period of time; keep in mind this prediction.”
The Russian Connection
The author points out that the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 only made matters worse:
"The Chechen Mafia reportedly sold twenty nuclear suitcases in Grozny to representatives of Osama bin Laden and the Mujahadeen [in 1996]. For their weapons, bin Laden paid $30 million in cash and two tons of heroin."
Al-Qaida's leader, says Williams, is a major drug producer and runner in Afghanistan.
"It is the drug money, not the bin Laden family fortune, that is the financial engine for al-Qaida," he points out.
Today, Williams says, more than 40 Russian "nuclear suitcases" cannot be accounted for.
The suitcases are miniaturized tactical nuclear bombs (in some cases weighing less than 40 pounds) that were originally planned by the Cold-War-era Kremlin to be detonated inside the U.S. in the event of war.
These bombs were estimated to have an explosive power of between 1-10 kilotons, says Williams.
Most could cause damage equal to or greater than the crude device Washington dropped on Hiroshima during World War II.
The author says some of these weapons still remain stateside in a "sleeper" status controlled by Russian military officials who believe a war with the U.S. "is still possible."
Others, as many as 10, might be under al-Qaida's control, says Williams.
What kind of damage could such a weapon do? The CIA estimates the Russian nuclear suitcases to have an explosive yield approaching 10 kilotons.
Williams, referring to estimates by Theodore Taylor, a prominent American physicist who miniaturized the atomic bomb and visited the site of the World Trade Center in 1993, says a suitcase bomb could "emit intense thermal radiation, creating a fireball with a diameter that would expand to 460 feet. The core of the fireball would reach a maximum temperature of 10 million degrees Celsius ... ." The author says the heat that collapsed the Twin Towers never exceeded 5,000 degrees Celsius.
Had such a bomb been used in 9/11, Williams claims, "The World Trade Center towers, all of Wall Street and the financial district, along with the lower tip of Manhattan up to Gramercy Park and much of midtown, including the theater district, would lay in ruins."
Of those who might survive the blast, 50 percent of the survivors could expect to die at the rate of "250,000 people on any given day," Williams reports.
And how could al-Qaida manage to transport such weapons into the U.S.?
Williams points out that the borders with Mexico and Canada are still dangerously porous and not equipped to detect the smuggling of nuclear materials.
U.S. seaports are even more vulnerable, he argues.
Though New York City would seem to be the No. 1 target of another attack by al-Qaida, Williams points out other U.S. cities have been mentioned in intercepted intelligence chatter.
Among those discussed: Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Miami, Washington and Rappahannock County, Va.
Why a small rural county in Virginia? Williams says it houses the underground command center the White House would use in time of war.
He hastens to add that time "may not be on our side."
"It was eight years between the World Trade Center attacks. Islam preaches patience. They will attack when they want," Williams concluded.
More chilling was the response from the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog.
One official, speaking on background told NewsMax: "We have no comment. It is not within our responsibility to track atomic bombs."
Or better yet, why hasn't Israel been hit. Logic would say since Israel is the mud in their eye, then it should go first. The fact that is hasn't speaks volumes, both in terms of Israel's preparedness and the Islamocrazies capabilities.
That's right. It's like old RayOVac batteries in a camp flashlight. First time you need the flashlight there is this annoying goop coming out.
~~Employing a retard who couldn't even light a fuse on his tennis shoe~~
He was a dry run. Testing our defenses before they sent the really smart guys in.
The Palestinians, Jordanians, Syrians and Egyptians would not be real happy about a nuclear blast in Israel. Obviously dependent on the yield but kind of a big risk if you think of the panic that came after Chernobyl.
Had he used a Bic lighter, or had he been smart enough to do this in the lavatory, the plane would have gone down.
to what?
That skyscrapers might be damaged if hit by a crashing aircraft?
That s suicidal passenger might be willing to crash an aircraft?
That Al-Qaida might have gained possession of box-cutter technology?
When asked for his sources, Williams cited Art Bell and Rusty Humphries.
I do give them credit. They'd be fools to try to keep it under wraps for more than a few days.
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From the Anti Terrorism Coalition
Islamic Group posts chilling message: On July 11, 2004, an Al-Qaeda Yahoo group EOM_and_Daleel posted a chilling message:
we will be in place within next 72 hours. We pray this is the time
Allah
has selected for us to carry out our missions. Until then my
brother
we
wait and pray for the great victory Allah will bestow upon us.
All
; freedom fighters of Mohammad have moved forward in the past few
days
and
will move another step toward the victory Allah has willed against
the
infidels in next days. Just be a little more patient and you will
al
receive what you deny or demand proof of. What is to come will
start
slowly with small incidents and then there will be three large
events
which will stun Amerikkka. Amerikkka has celebrated last birthday.
One third, one half of your country will be unliveable. Many of you
say
911 can never happen again. I assure you it can and it will happen
and
these events will be of far mor consequence. You will see. The cave
of darkness is upon you, like an eclipse of the sun only this one
will
leave Amerikkkka dark and in death. You can not remove the darkness
that is coming. No light will remove the darkness.
DEATH TO AMERIKKKA ALLAH'S VICTORY HAS BEGUN. THE FIRES COME FROM
THE SKY AND THE INFIDELS SHALL BURN IN AN INSTANT IN TIME. THE
WORLD
SHALL BE RID OF THE NON BELIEVERS IN THE BLINK OF THE EYE. THE LAWS
OF
ISLAM SHALL UNITE THE WORLD AND ALL SHALL LIVE UNDER GOD'S
DECREE,Either way Amerikkkkans will not be able to return to tell
us
of their
god. There is only on way, the truth of Islam and there is only one
God
- that is Allah. You will all see soon. You will get what you deny
is coming. I can tell you there are plans for three nuklear
detonations
within Amerikkka within the next weeks. There will be prior events
before these detonations which will terrify amerikkka in their
homes
and
their cities. Their cars, their buses, their shopping malls, their
sporting events, none will be safe from that which Allah has
decreed.
you see Amerikkka is in moral decay w hen a concubine can speak such
foul
language. Osama has decreed the use of these weapons on orders and
behlaf of Allah. The prophets have decreed we use every means
possible
to slay the infodels and condem them into the eternal fires. Yet
the
coming fires will bring no light to the infodel as they will have
entered and been consumed in the cave of darkness. . The weapons
are
in our possession and are being assembled and located in the
approriate
regions of Amerikkka. This why I am here to aid those who bring the
peces into Amerikkka from Mexico and Canada. The last andfinal
stages
completed two nights ago. Now transport to target begins They will
be
detonated at the appropriate time. Watch events as they start minor
then Allah will signal us to strike in order to proclaim the
victory
for
all of Islam.
Amer El-Maati
Two days after the posting of the message, today, on July 13, 2004, a senior member of Al-Qaeda by the name of Khalid al-Harbi, surrendered to Saudi Arabia. Many anti-terrorist organizations, including the ATC saw this as a strange move. "I called the embassy, and we felt that we were welcomed, they were among family. Thank God for this blessing... ...I came because I abide by the word of God and that of the caretaker of the holy sites. This initiative from the caretaker of the holy sites and the king is an opportunity. And our country is the country of Islam... ...Undoubtedly, it is an opportunity any logical man would thank God -- every logical man should take advantage of this opportunity," said Al-Harabi. The ATC saw this as a strange statement.
Perhaps his real mission was not to blow up the plane.
Show us what they can do, thereby inducing the fear/panic/blah they so desire.
And nutzo gets a life sentence, where he can assist
in converting fellow inmates over to islam.
just a thought, but these guys think long term. Building on the dissent in the prison system might have been his true target....lot of converts come out of the prison system.
Absolutely, 100% wrong.
This war is mostly political. 9/11 was a provocation intended to bring Europe and the Ummah on board, so when utter disaster was inflicted on America, it would be seen as justified.
Other countries would have already been cowed by 9/11 and suicide bombing into abject fear ... so their response would be utter subservience.
The Michael Moores of our country (meaning Kerry and liberals in general) are doing their best to destroy America in the most horrendous way possible.
My heart is sinking ... and wholesale destruction of Islam is the only realistic answer.
I wonder if W has the guts for that. I hope he does.
Shielding can reduce the amount of gamma radiation, but it won't make it invisible to radiation scanners. Anything hot enough to be a nuke can't be made invisible.
Besides, we are quite vulnerable to more conventional attacks.
I don't think they really understand that. In their ideology, we are too weak to properly counter their attacks. They are betting that the Muslim world will put on its helpless-and-innocent act (that it has perfected through lots of practice) and get off pretty much scot-free.
Scary stuff, those websites.
Interesting web ring on your homepage too.
FReegards
That's interesting. If 'Fat Man' was a plutonium bomb, what was 'Little Boy?' Or what made it different from the Trinity device?
Sure tells me that hype sells books... staggeringly irresponsible, but yes it sells books.
In that case we're safe. Seriesly.
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