Worrl Nust Daily Suitcase Nuke 
Posted on 04/28/2006 4:35:11 AM PDT by EastCobbRules
'American Hiroshima' linked with Iran attack Pakistani journalist who met bin Laden confirms al-Qaida nukes, says they may already be in U.S.
By Paul L. Williams and David Dastych © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Osama bin Laden recording released on al-Jazeera network
Al-Qaida has already obtained nuclear suitcase weapons from the Russian black market, weapons tested in Afghanistan in 2000, and they may have already been forward-deployed inside the U.S., according to the only journalist to interview Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri in the wake of Sept. 11.
Last week, Hamid Mir's credibility skyrocketed when he accurately predicted in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin and later in WND the imminent release of a new recorded communiqué from bin Laden through al-Jazeera, the Arabic TV network. Two days later, bin Laden's tape was the focus of international news coverage.
"If you think that my information and analysis about bin Laden's location is correct," said Hamid Mir, "then please don't underestimate my analysis about his nuclear threat also."
Mir said that he met with an Egyptian engineer last week who lost an eye after one of bin Laden's nuclear tests in the Kunar province of Pakistan. The Pakistani journalist said the encounter with the engineer greatly disturbed and depressed him since it provided further assurance that a nuclear nightmare for America is about to dawn.
Mir believes that an "American Hiroshima" will occur as soon as the U.S. launches an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
"Al-Qaida and Iran," he says, "have a long, secret relationship." "American Hiroshima" is the name al-Qaida leaders chose for their long-planned nuclear attack on the U.S.
The relationship between Iran and bin Laden dates back to June 21, 1996, when bin Laden attended a terror summit in Tehran. The gathering attracted terror leaders from various places throughout the world, including Ramadan Shallah (the Palestinian Islamic Jihad), Ahmad Salah (Egyptian Islamic Jihad), Imad al-Alami and Mustafa al-Liddawi (Hamas), Ahmad Jibril (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine), Abdallah Ocalan (the Kurdish People Party), Muhammad Ali Ahmad (al Qaida), and Imad Mugniyah (Hezbollah). The summit resulted in the creation of the "Committee of Three" that would meet on a regular basis for the "coordination, planning and execution of attacks" against the United States and Israel. The committee members were Ahmad Salah, Imad Mugniyah and bin Laden.
Mir's position that al-Qaida's nuclear weapons may have already been forward-deployed to the United States confirms the report of Sharif al-Masri, a key al-Qaida operative who was arrested in Pakistan in November 2000.
Al Masri, an Egyptian national with ties to al-Zawahiri, said that al-Qaida had made arrangements to smuggle nuclear weapons and supplies to Mexico. From Mexico, he said, the weapons were to be transported across the border and into the United States with the help of a Latino street gang.
Mir also maintains that numerous sleeper agents are in place in major cities throughout the United States to prepare for the nuclear holocaust. Many of these agents, he says, are Algerians and Chechens who obtained European passports and are posing as Christian and Jews.
He further says that many of these agents have been in the United States since bin Laden's issuance of his "Declaration of War on Americans Occupying the Country of the Two Holy Places." That fatwa was issued Aug. 23, 1996.
Folks, this man thinks martyrdom is a "beautiful" thing..and even what passes for a pragmatist, Rafsanjahni(sp?) basically has advocated nuking Israel on the argument that the Muslim world would take "acceptable" losses in return. Say what you want about the Soviets...I never heard them speak like that.
Delado Iran Est
The only thing worse than the the World Nut whipping this thing constantly is the fact that Freepers keep posting it to FR.
It would be worse if it was prefaced by.... I got this in an e-mail.
Worrl Nust Daily Suitcase Nuke
I predict that the Sun will rise in the east tomorrow morning. If this prediction comes true, please don't underestimate my analysis that it will explode the day after that.
Sheesh.
If AQ really had a nuke already waiting inside the US they'd have detonated it at the earliest possible time rather than risk being caught with it for the sake of setting it off at some significant moment.
As people explain every time this moonbat claim is trotted out again, "suitcase nukes" require frequent high-tech maintenance to maintain them in usable condition. Just for starters, the tritium used to "spike" the reaction (thus reducing the mass required to go supercritical) rapidly (12-year half-life) decays into helium-3 (an isotope that absorbs neutrons, thus dampening out the chain reaction) -- thus, the tritium has to be replaced frequently to flush out the He-3 buildup.
That said, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Russian Mafia sold some of these guys a bunch of pinball machine parts stuffed with medical radioactive waste, or if some ambitious cell leader simply spun a tale about having possession of a "suitcase nuke".
A year, tops. See previous message.
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So, let's martyr his butt, beautifully!
We need to start taking out the craziest of the dangerous leaders; Ahmedinejad, Kim Jong Il, etc., with plausible deniability. It ain't murder if it's self defense, folks.
Of course, the American left would want President Bush taken out, 'cause everyone knows that he is the greatest danger on the face of the earth...
< /sarcasm >
Personally I agree and don't believe AQ has suitcase nukes. Those things are meant to be very high maintenance and hard to keep up. However, if the US had found evidence that AQ had tested them and might well have more, the last thing they'd do i sannounce it publicly. That would give AQ instant street cred, throw jitters through the market and public and make a lot of people start getting nervous about the war...behind the scenes feeler to friendly governments and redoubled efforts by Intel would be their key course of action.
That said, I think the story is rubbish.
The guy holding that open suitcase is Curt Weldon.
Do you have an approximate date for that pic? Thanks
Ahhh the American Hiroshima scare rises again. Seems it comes up every 6 months or so with whatever is the latest concern. Last time it was Ramadan....oh yes we are going to get nuked at Ramadan.
Farah gets a lot mileage out of this crap, over and over again, and those not paying attention get duped over and over again.
American Hiroshima is horsecrap....we can attack Iran at our leisure.
Huh?
Fidel?! Hey, Fidel is my fully legal gardener. You should't name your pup Fidel! My friend Fidel would be offended. However, I approve of the Power Book. A sensible choice. Charo is also an OK name.
Paul, the horse is dead.
Amen!!
You cynic.
But don't you see? They've already tested a suitcase nuke! In Pakistan! But nobody noticed!
/sarc off.
Yep. They are high-maintenance for fundamental physical reasons, and the few governments capable of building them would, if anything, design them to be even higher-maintenance as insurance against some rogue element outside their control somehow getting hold of one.
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