Posted on 06/22/2006 2:41:23 PM PDT by RDTF
Karachi, 22 June (AKI) - (by Syed Saleem Shahzad) - The next terror threat facing the United States is not a nuclear or gas attack but an electro-magnetic bomb or e-bomb - which would shut down telecommunications networks, disrupt power supplies, and destroy countless computers and electronic gadgets, yet still leave buildings, bridges and roads intact. This is according to Khalid Khawaja, a former Pakistani intelligence officer who once worked closely with Osama bin Laden. "The e-bomb shall be the new threat for the USA, not the nukes or gas attacks," said Khawaja in an interview with Adnkronos International (AKI).
Khawaja was a senior official of Pakistani secret service ISI when they were fueling jihadi resistance movements against the Soviets in Afghanistan, and after being forced to retire from the air force, he went to Afghanistan and fought along side with Osama bin Laden. the leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist network.
Khawaja told AKI that he overheard the reference to the e-bomb in several conversations among Arab fighters in Afghanistan over the years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001.
“I never heard Osama or Dr. [Ayman al-] Zawahiri discuss a nuclear attack on the USA," he said "and neither did I hear that from any other person."
(Excerpt) Read more at adnki.com ...
ping
Comprehensive baloney.
Such a bomb is far more complex than a lot of other possible types of threats. And therefore a lot less likely to be available to terrorists.
thought we already have them, plus a high altitude nuke explosion would cause it too
Do you all realize we may live the rest of our lives being threatened by these sand farmers? I for one have had enough.
The next terror threat facing the United States is not a nuclear or gas attack but an electro-magnetic bomb or e-bomb
like these assclowns have the technical ability to fire off an e-bomb.
You mean it wouldn't disrupt my ebay?? ;)
susie
This has been gone over ad nauseum in FR. The equipment that counts is already hardened against EMP pulses. We could get hurt bad, but not completely crippled.
I’m afraid not – but wi-fi connections might burp for a few seconds.
Your Ebombay?
So, we wouldn't even miss foxnews?
susie
An EMP is not so impressive as one might think.
Most of our civilian infrastructure would surely reboot, but our military electronics are shielded against such threats.
Nice try, Akmed.
"You mean it wouldn't disrupt my ebay?? ;)"
lol - a big concern for me too!
What?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1618854/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1618854/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1618854/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1416228/posts
And many many others.
Is this "E-bomb" the same type of bomb they used in the movie Oceans Eleven?
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