[Mr. Mojo]

Al-Qaeda will use smuggled nukes against the US if the US takes military action against Iran.

Why would AQ wait for us to attack Iran to use nukes? If they had 'em, they'd have surely used 'em by now.

[OB1kNOb]

Why would AQ wait for us to attack Iran to use nukes? If they had 'em, they'd have surely used 'em by now.

They may not be good at much, but they are patient and do know how to wait until their plan can have a maximum shock effect. What better way than to threaten the top superpower in the world with nukes if we attack Iran.

Now if we don't attack Iran they can claim to have stood up to us and caused us to back down.

If America does attack Iran and they set off nukes in our major cities (D.C., NYC, LA, etc.) and cause mass panic and chaos in the country, they show that they are capable of carrying out their threats.

Granted the Middle East may glow in the dark, if they did do something like that, but we are not at war with a rational people. Just MHO. - OB1

[azhenfud]

About the only validity one can find in the threat is that Iranian nuclear engineers might release low-grade enriched uranium to terrorists for a dirty bomb, but I wouldn't place much credence in a critical nuclear detonation being triggered by an islamite terrorist for a long time.

That being said, AQ most likely does NOT have nuclear materials, but expect to get it from Iran if Iran is attacked.

[b4its2late]

If they had 'em, they'd have surely used 'em by now.

Exactly. They hate us for being us. Not because we're in Iraq, or anywhere in the Mid East, friends of Israel, or whatever other excuse they give.

[Almondjoy]

That may be the case if they were all suicidial.

Perhaps they use their pawns for suicide but the leadership is far more cautious.

If a nuke went off the game would be over.. The US will be harvesting Middle east oil in radiation suits... and all for the cost of one of our cities.

[FreedomNeocon]

Al-Qaeda will use smuggled nukes against the US if the US takes military action against Iran.

Why would AQ wait for us to attack Iran to use nukes? If they had 'em, they'd have surely used 'em by now.

You're on to something... the only reason they would wait until after we attack Iran, would be... if they were working for/with the Iranians.

But we all know that isn't the case... its like thinking that Saddam could have possibly worked with terrorists too... just no way.

[unseen]

If they wait they can throw suspicion onto Iran and cause us to question the true actors. If a nuke goes off in the USA it will be the end of the muslim religion.