Posted on 08/04/2005 8:10:20 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
Intelligence gathered from captured al-Qaida documents and interrogations of captured operatives has provided the U.S. with some specific information about Osama bin Laden's favored dates for his decade-long plan for an "American Hiroshima" nuclear terrorist attack – and one of those dates arrives this week.
One of the most frequently cited dates is Aug. 6, the anniversary of the U.S. nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of that attack, so this Aug. 6 would have special significance, reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, the premium, online intelligence newsletter that has broken several major stories tracking al-Qaida's nuclear terrorism plans.
An amateur sleuth, Michael Matuszak, points out, for instance, that Saturday would also mark the 1,426 days since Sept. 11, 2001. He points out that, in the Islamic calendar, this is the year 1426 – and that Aug. 6 would be the first day of the seventh month, the exact midway point of the year 1426.
"It is as if Bin Laden started by scheduling 'American Hiroshima' for 8-6-2005 and then worked backwards to arrive at 9-11-2001 as the precursor," he speculates.
Matuszak arrives at the calculation, however, by including Sept. 11, 2001, in his addition.
The Aug. 6 date and its association with Hiroshima was actually cited by captured al-Qaida operatives, according to U.S. military sources.
So, how high is the risk this week?
This year, falling on a Saturday as it does, some G2B intelligence sources say it is highly unlikely a major nuclear attack will occur.
"In addition to mentioning this date as a preferred target, Al-Qaida operatives have made it clear they also prefer an attack during the daylight during the week to wreak maximum havoc and to be sure the entire world views the images of burning U.S. cities," said one knowledgeable military intelligence source.
Others point out that Aug. 6 arrives in Japan while it is still Aug. 5 in the U.S. Does that raise the threat level this Friday?
So far, no one in the Department of Homeland Security has mentioned raising the threat this week. And though the Aug. 6 date was mentioned by al-Qaida operatives in association with its "American Hiroshima" nuclear attack, no year was ever discussed.
There are several other favored dates mentioned by bin Laden operatives in association with this planned mega-attack on the U.S.
Paul Williams, author of the upcoming book "The Al Qaeda Connection," acknowledges that, according to U.S. military analysts, bin Laden places a great deal of significance on dates. He believes Sept. 11 was chosen because it represented the fifth anniversary of the conviction of Ramzi Yousef for the World Trade Center bombing.
The bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, occurred Aug. 7, 1998, the eighth anniversary of the 1990 U.S. commitment to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia.
Williams says his sources also point to two dates in October as significant. Oct. 2 is the anniversary of the federal court conviction of blind Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman, "the spiritual mentor of bin Laden and his top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri. Another date of significance is Oct. 7, the day of the launching of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Other dates mentioned by other bin Laden watchers include Sept. 11 and May 14, the anniversary of the re-creation of the state of Israel in 1948.
But bin Laden also craves the element of surprise. Therefore, the more attention specific dates are given, the more it reduces the likelihood that they will be chosen for the ultimate terrorist attack, say G2 Bulletin sources.
Bin Laden has spent billions of dollars on the successful purchase and development of nuclear weapons – money his al-Qaida terrorist network earned by directing poppy cultivation in the fields of Afghanistan, right under the noses of U.S. occupation forces.
That is the finding of G2 Bulletin sources as well as the investigative work of journalist Williams, and international terrorism expert Yossef Bodansky, author of "Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America."
The vast drug fortune has also aided al-Qaida in smuggling some of those nuclear weapons – along with thousands of sleeper agents – over the Mexican border with the help of the MS-13 criminal street gang, say the sources.
According to captured al-Qaida leaders and documents, bin Laden's terrorist network has a plan called "American Hiroshima" involving the multiple detonation of nuclear weapons already smuggled into the U.S.
Al-Qaida has obtained at least 40 nuclear weapons from the former Soviet Union – including suitcase nukes, nuclear mines, artillery shells and even some missile warheads. In addition, documents captured in Afghanistan show al-Qaida had plans to assemble its own nuclear weapons with fissile material it purchased on the black market.
Besides trying to detonate its own nuclear weapons already planted in the U.S., military sources also say there is evidence to suggest al-Qaida is paying former Russian special forces officers to assist the terrorist group in locating nuclear weapons formerly concealed inside the U.S. by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Osama bin Laden's group is also paying nuclear scientists from Russia and Pakistan to maintain its existing arsenal and assemble additional weapons with the materials it has invested hundreds of millions in procuring over a period of 10 years.
The plans for the devastating nuclear attack on the U.S. have been under development for more than a decade. It is designed as a final deadly blow of defeat to the U.S., which is seen by al-Qaida and its allies as "the Great Satan."
At least half the nuclear weapons in the al-Qaida arsenal were obtained for cash from the Chechen terrorist allies.
At least nine major U.S. cities, including New York and Washington, have been mentioned as prime targets for the al-Qaida nuclear terrorists.
This is why WND is utter crap. No source for that statement, no recognition that nobody else has reported that statement, just this.
A bald statement of fact.
Al-Qaida has 40 nukes.
Why should I believe them?
If this plan is ever carried out, Islam as a religion will cease to exist within 48 hours.
Before 9/11, I bet a lot of people would have said the same thing about an attack like that.
Because they give you special offers? ;)
You are right. Pure Bravo Sierra. If the Chechens had them they would have used one against Moscow. World Net has some good articles but mixed in with them are articles that are just blatantly wrong. Pure Bravo Sierra.
From what I read, so called suit case nukes are extremely difficult to maintain and are useless unless professionally maintained. The number 40 is totally absurd. If by some evil way, Al Queada could lay their hands on one, they would use it asap. WND is just off the deep in on this matter.....
No, rather, why should I believe YOU? Where is your proof that this statement is crap? Did you retrieve it from your own crap as you sat on your donut throne?
Great. The Da Vinci code for terrorist attacks.
If we wait 48 hours, China will be in the mix, as will North Korea. Retaliation needs to be swift.
***reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, the premium, online intelligence newsletter ***
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Farah is a lunatic. WND is wacko, and it sure isn't journalism.
I was the editor of my college newspaper back in the 1970s and I had higher standards than this.
Bravo Sierra? I think your conclusions are Bravo Sierra to the max!!! cpdiii-doodah!!
Seriously, the biggest danger they pose, in terms of nuclear attacks, would be either a dirty bomb or a radiological device, though to create a radiological device would take a very high level of sophistication.
We will probably see a dirty bomb go off in the next few years, though I doubt we'll see a nuclear attack, simply because doing that would be a self-defeating prospect.
Silly me, I always thought that a terrorist's favorite date would be a sheep.
You people are quick to condemn others, saying they have no proof, and yet in your exuberants to give your OPINION, you sight NO EVIDENCE TO BACK UP YOUR OPINIONS. It's like the pot calling the kettle black. If you don't like statements without facts behind them, then don't do it yourselves.
It is better to keep one's mouth shut, and be thought a fool, than to open it, and remove all doubt.
I've heard of reaching, but this is just stupid. someone filled with hate as much as osama does not care about when he strikes. There is every evidence september 11th wasn't even the planned date, and that it was moved up because the "20th hijacker" Moussaoui, was feared to be spilling his guts in a Minnesota Jail.
"From what I read, so called suit case nukes are extremely difficult to maintain and are useless unless professionally maintained."
From what I read in the article, the nukes are currently being maintained by Soviet-era experts.
Whether or not the article has any merit is another story, but why are you so obtuse and deny what the article said?
I, btw, believe this is a lot of hogwash. But who knows?
A fellow employee who moved from Ukraine said that the Chechans did in fact have nuclear bombs, but were afraid of using them, knowing that the Russians would have no qualms about obliterating that nation in a second if a nuclear device was detonated by Chechen rebels in Russia. So I have a source. WHERE'S YOURS?
You can't prove a negative hypothesis. The burden of proof is on the person making the claim.
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