Posted on 04/28/2006 9:03:39 AM PDT by Bob J
In a just concluded debate and press conference, author and FBI Consultant Paul Williams and Jeff Epstein of "America's Truth Forum" reveal they have been advised by Pakistani journalist and Bin Laden biographer Hamid Amir that Al-Qaeda will use smuggled nukes against the US if the US takes military action against Iran.
Amir established his credentials by correctly predicting that Egypt would be hit by terrorist action a full two weeks prior to the events of last week. Amir, a Pakistani journalist, has been in contact with high ranking Al-Qaeda officials for several years.
The debate (between Richard Miniter and Paul Williams) and press conference were webcast LIVE by Rightalk.com. Audio files of both events will be available for downloading by this afternoon.
The so-called "Arab World" is populated by Paclids "We look for things. Things to make us go"
You said -- "However, I'm not interested in deterrence, if this were to happen. This is a declaration of principle to the whole world so that they will understand what we do when we do it, under those specific set of circumstances. I'm not arguing for "deterring" anything after they've used nukes. I'm eliminating all possibility of anyone from there ever having the capability of setting it up again. If they're all dead, innocent and guilty, then there's no one left to make it happen."
Well, I've advocated all along a "war on Islam" -- in order to totally eliminate it from the world and make it illegal everywhere you find it. If we can't do that -- then we are going to be cursed with Islamic terrorist until "Kingdom come". And that won't be too much longer anyway...
Regards,
Star Traveler
The problem with that thinking is, they couldn't wait for the "best" time because the longer they wait they more likely it they would be caught or the operation compromised in some fashion.
If they had them, they would HAVE to use them straight away.
It depends on the trigger, and the style. Tritium is typically used. Some may even use the polonium style, but that won't last much longer.
However.. The big thing is, maybe they can be refueled by the bad powers. I bet NK has quite a bit of Tritium now.
And for a real downer, a fizzle with no 'trigger' will detonate at minimum 10x Oklahoma City's bombing.
And you know what's worse? Uranium guns like Little Boy apparently do not need neutron triggers at all. That's 10-18kt of easy power, and look at the Graple tests. A small artillery shell can contain enough Uranium for a gun-detonation and delivery 15kt.
LOL!
Which is exactly my point - the implication of the headline is that they won't if we don't. Which is poppycock.
You said -- "I never said any US city should nuked."
There's a big concentration of Islamic terrorists in that city. If you nuke entire countries -- why not Detroit?
Regards,
Star Traveler
But...but...there are no nuclear weapons in that part of the world! KUMBAYAHHH/ hippie logic
Agreed. When they do get them they WILL use them. Speaking of nukes, which naturally makes one think of Iran, how smart is it for an al Qaeda operative to inform the world Tehran is connected to al Qaeda during the War on Terrorism? Shame we can't just carpet bomb Tehran. It'd cut down the number of "insurgents" in Iraq.
So the terrorist are just sitting on these nukes in the US and haven't used them? Ah Ha. Don't get me wrong, I believe this guy knows Osama but that doesn't mean that everything they tell them is the truth.
Unless al-Qaeda has a Cray or a Blue Gene/L for simulation and testing, they would have to actually test a nuke, or overbuild and risk detection.
It is possible to spread nuclear material around, but that would be very localized, even if hidden in a conventional bomb.
But, you're free to inflate al-Qaeda's capabilities when the best they've been able to manage in the last year is to blow up a few subway cars in the London Underground.
Tehran is full of righteous people trying to throw out the mullahs and establish a democracy. You going to nuke them?
You said -- "A security official on Fox yesterday said he advises his clients that there are over three hundred mosques across America with hardened terrorist who are waiting to take action against business executives."
The Islamic terrorists are planning for a major action in the U.S. with massive acts of terrorism -- from one ocean to the other and in all major cities. It will probably be prompted by a major military move in the Middle East, with an invasion of Israel. That will probably be the time that a nuclear weapon would be set off in the U.S. Terrorists will be killing people, destroying infrastructure -- and the U.S. would be so tied up at home that it could not defend anyone in the Middle East.
That's probably a likely scenario. They *are* planning major terrorist attacks here in the U.S. -- using the Mosques as "bases of action".
Regards,
Star Traveler
hey--I live near NY--keep me out of it.
however--Ithaca, Berkeley, Detroit, and Boston are all fair targets!!
Quick Bob, find a retired Russian colonel to confirm this report. Goodmen Farah will doth protest much if you don't namedrop his subscription bulletin the follow up interview.
You are discrediting your own work posting stuff like this on FR.
And 250lbs. is still a lot bigger than a "suitcase".
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