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OSAMA BIN LADEN SAID TO HAVE NUKES - Terrorists With Suitcases
WorldnetDaily ^ | April 28, 2001 | By Jon Dougherty

Posted on 09/12/2001 6:09:38 PM PDT by Uncle Bill

Bin Laden Said To Have Nukes

Report: Extent of fugitive leader's arsenal 'no longer a doubt'

WorldnetDaily
By Jon Dougherty
© 2001 WorldNetDaily.com
April 28, 2001

Fugitive Saudi terrorist-sponsor Osama bin Laden is now known to have nuclear weapons, putting to rest previous speculation that left the possibility open, according to a weekly intelligence newsletter.

A report published in this week’s Geostrategy-Direct.com newsletter, edited in part by Washington Times staffers Bill Gertz and Robert Morton, indicated that bin Laden's possession of nuclear devices "is no longer a doubt."

"Saudi billionaire fugitive Osama bin Laden has nuclear weapons. The question is how many," the report said.

Gertz told WND he didn't write the assessment, but that the newsletter's primary editor, Morton, had a stringer in the Mideast who verified the information. Morton was out of his office and could not be reached for comment.

"Russian intelligence sources who are fighting bin Laden members in Chechnya believe [he] has a handful of tactical nuclear weapons," said the report. "Arab intelligence sources say the Al Qaida head has as many as 20 weapons."

Al Qaida is the name of the terrorist group bin Laden leads.

The report says "both sides agree" that the Saudi terrorist managed to acquire his weapons by supporting the Chechen cause with money and volunteers, in exchange for nuclear materials and technology.

Bin Laden "received [it] from Chechen insurgents who raided [Russian] nuclear installations for fuel and components around the former Soviet Union," the report said.

"With that came the recruits from among scientists from the former Soviet Union. The rest was easy," said Geostrategy-Direct.com.

The report said the actual location of the weapons is unknown, but "the assessment by both Arab and Russian sources is that bin Laden has managed to sneak at least some of the components to his lair in Afghanistan."

Bin Laden is one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. He is wanted in connection with the Aug. 7, 1998, bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa -- one in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and the other in Nairobi, Kenya. Over 200 were killed in the attacks.

He is believed to have a connection to the Oct. 12 bombing of the destroyer USS Cole as it refueled in Yemen, WND reported Oct 26.

The State Department had no comment on the report, but other intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told WND that any reports dealing with bin Laden are taken seriously.

"Reports regarding bin Laden are always taken seriously and investigated," the official said. "He clearly poses a threat to U.S. interests around the world, so you can't dismiss every rumor out of hand. It wouldn't be prudent to do that."

In January, the New York Times -- quoting U.S. officials -- said bin Laden's organization was making attempts to manufacture chemical weapons and "buy enriched uranium," one of the main components of a nuclear device.

But as far back as August 1999, counter-terrorism experts said bin Laden may have acquired "up to 20 nuclear devices."

"Yosef Bodansky, a researcher of the House Task Force for Counter-terrorism and author of a new book on bin Laden, told a news conference on Friday that bin Laden has been seeking to follow up on his bombings of two U.S. embassies in east Africa one year ago. Echoing U.S. officials, Bodansky said bin Laden was thwarted in plans to blow up the U.S. embassy and two consulates in India last December and January," WorldTribune.com reported.

"It was also reported that bin Laden has biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and has received technical help from Iraq, Bodansky said. The nuclear weapons include suitcase bombs acquired through Chechen rebels," the paper said.

"The Russians believe that he has a handful [of nuclear weapons]. The Saudi intelligence services are very conservative. ... They are friendly to the United States [and] believe that he has in the neighborhood of 20," Bodansky said, as quoted by the Internet paper.

Bin Laden reportedly obtained and purchased the suitcase bombs from multiple sources, he said. He has a "collection of individuals knowledgeable in activating the bombs" and "is recruiting former Soviet special forces [to learn] how to operate the bombs behind enemy lines," Bodansky said.

He noted that, according to his research, most of the weapons had been transferred through Pakistan.

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Suitcase Terrorism

"More than three months ago Bodansky reported that Osama bin Laden may have acquired up to 20 suitcase nuclear bombs from Russia, smuggled to him by Chechen rebels. Also according to Bodansky, bin Laden was looking to hire former Russian spetsnaz commandos who knew how to operate suitcase nuclear bombs."

FBI Admits That Russian Nuclear Suitcases Hidden In Secret Locations In U.S.

Are Suitcase Nukes on the Loose?

FRONTLINE: Atomic Suitcase Bombs

Former Soviet spy: Small nuclear devices planted in U.S.
"A hooded, former Soviet spy with tales of threats to U.S. security was the star witness at a congressional hearing this week in California. The one-time military intelligence colonel testified that suitcase-sized nuclear devices are hidden on U.S. soil. "

Saudi Money Aiding Terrorist bin Laden

USA TODAY
By Jack Kelley
10/28/99- Updated 11:12 PM ET

WASHINGTON - More than a year after the U.S. Embassy bombings in East Africa, prominent businessmen in Saudi Arabia continue to transfer tens of millions of dollars to bank accounts linked to indicted terrorist Osama bin Laden, senior U.S. intelligence officials told USA TODAY.

The money transfers, which began more than five years ago, have been used to finance several terrorist acts by bin Laden, including the attempted assassination in 1995 of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Ethiopia, the officials said.

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is expected to raise the issue with Prince Sultan, the Saudi defense minister, during his visit to Washington next week. Saudi Arabia, the main U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf, has pledged to fight terrorism.

According to a Saudi government audit acquired by U.S. intelligence, five of Saudi Arabia's top businessmen ordered the National Commercial Bank (NCB), the kingdom's largest, to transfer personal funds, along with $3 million diverted from a Saudi pension fund, to New York and London banks.

The money was deposited into the accounts of Islamic charities, including Islamic Relief and Blessed Relief, that serve as fronts for bin Laden.

The businessmen, who are worth more than $5 billion, are paying bin Laden "protection money" to stave off attacks on their businesses in Saudi Arabia, intelligence officials said. Bin Laden, whose family runs the largest Saudi construction firm, has called for the overthrow of the Saudi government.

The money transfers were discovered in April after the royal family ordered an audit of NCB and its founder and former chairman, Khalid bin Mahfouz, U.S. officials say. Mahfouz is now under "house arrest" at a military hospital in the Saudi city of Taif, intelligence officials said.

His successor, Mohammad Hussein Al-Amoudi, also heads the Capital Trust Bank in New York and London, which U.S. and British officials are investigating for allegedly transferring money to bin Laden. Amoudi's Washington lawyer, Vernon Jordan, could not be reached for comment.

Mahfouz's son, Abdul Rahman Mahfouz, is on the board of Blessed Relief in Sudan. Suspects in the Mubarak attack are linked to the charity.

Bin Laden faces U.S. criminal charges for allegedly masterminding the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people. Bin Laden, who is in Afghanistan, denies the charges.

Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan declined to comment on the reports.
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To: swarthyguy
Okay, I read your bio. You were spoofing me. I fell for it. :o)
181 posted on 12/08/2003 4:20:10 PM PST by Lazamataz (Hillary Clinton is a CLINQUANT without the LINQA.)
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To: Lazamataz
Ah, yes, but in California, young children are being indoctrinated in Islam as part of an "awareness" day.

The moment they say "there is no god but allah and mohammad is his prophet" they are muslims.

I unclog my nose in the direction of America. While you sit there, the California Dept of Education is helping to spread the word to Allah.

To your children! HAHAHA!

And your leaders prostrate themselves before the Saudi money envelopes.

Do you know who your leaders are beholden to?

Allahu Akbar, SHazam, Abaracadabra, Lazamatazz.
182 posted on 12/08/2003 4:21:55 PM PST by swarthyguy
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To: Lazamataz
What is real and what is man's illusions.

Allah is the only reality.

That's why I drink.

Shalom :))))!!!!
183 posted on 12/08/2003 4:22:56 PM PST by swarthyguy
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To: Uncle Bill
Even if it true he has suitcase nukes, there are significant technical challenges to using them. Nuclear weapons are complex devices, prone to deteriorate and become unuseable over time. I suppose he could hire the technical expertise from among the ranks of unemployed Russian nuclear weapons engineers and technicians, but I would imagine the Russian government (and by extension our own FBI) keep a close watch over such experts.

What other sources of technical expertise are there? Pakistan? North Korea?

184 posted on 12/08/2003 4:25:29 PM PST by Kevin Curry
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To: Lazamataz
Nelson - Simpson's

HA Ha...
185 posted on 12/08/2003 4:25:46 PM PST by cibco (Xin Loi... Saddam)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Moreover, what will remain of an American soldier's morale to fight knowing that his whole family died and his country ceased to exist? To fight for what?"

Beware of taking away a man's hope for the future. In doing so, you create a creature with seething rage who will spend the rest of his existence destroying everything you have left. He has nothing but his life to lose and an immense degree of pleasure to be derived by wiping out as many of his enemies as possible. As Laz observed, there won't be an "off" switch until one side of the equation is totally vanquished.

186 posted on 12/08/2003 4:28:15 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: Uncle Bill
This is all very disconcerting.
187 posted on 12/08/2003 4:40:26 PM PST by Valentine_W
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To: Uncle Bill
Reference for later use.
188 posted on 12/08/2003 4:45:30 PM PST by blanknoone
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To: Kozak
We actually had an even smaller nuke, the Davie Crockett that was fired from a recoiless rifle. The firing team had to get down in a ditch as they were INSIDE the blast area

The Davey Crocket was fired from a recoiless rifle launch tube, but it did not fit inside. The warhead stuck outside like an RPG-7

Now, they DID develop an atomic artillery shell that could be fired from a 152mm (6-inch) gun, which holds the title of smallest nuke (at least the smallest one whose existance is declassified)

189 posted on 12/08/2003 4:53:03 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (Happiness is a belt-fed weapon)
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To: Myrddin; ATOMIC_PUNK
Beware of taking away a man's hope for the future. In doing so, you create a creature with seething rage who will spend the rest of his existence destroying everything you have left.

Anybody harmed my kids, I would not stop at less than the total extermination of everyone even peripherally involved

190 posted on 12/08/2003 4:55:53 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (Happiness is a belt-fed weapon)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Al-Usuquf does not fear an American military response. "Even if five or 10 cities are chosen at random to be destroyed, it will still be a small price to pay. The problem is that the economic despair will be so great that even if it saves [money] by not using weapons, American liquidity will be near zero, and the US will make more money selling a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier to Turkey or Italy for $5 billion, because they will urgently need to recapitalize. But it will be too late. Moreover, what will remain of an American soldier's morale to fight knowing that his whole family died and his country ceased to exist? To fight for what?"

The scarey thing is that these guys have no clue. Thanks to Clinton, they think that if they just strike a hard enough blow, we will fold and start crying.

They have no clue. If there are one million Americans dead, global Islam would be exterminated. It would be Carthage writ large

191 posted on 12/08/2003 5:04:05 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (Happiness is a belt-fed weapon)
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To: mhking
And what the hell are we gonna do about it?

Isn't this just ducky! And, who's he been friends with?!

192 posted on 12/08/2003 5:04:42 PM PST by Bella
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To: swarthyguy
What is real and what is man's illusions.

Allah is the only reality.

That's why I drink.

Shalom :))))!!!!

Both of us can't be drunk at the same time. We gonna hafta gotta pick shifts.

193 posted on 12/08/2003 5:07:57 PM PST by txhurl (Drunken HTML is a b!tch.)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
When was this interview held?
194 posted on 12/08/2003 5:21:21 PM PST by little jeremiah
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To: little jeremiah
http://exodus2006.com/nukes.htm
195 posted on 12/08/2003 5:41:39 PM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK (Take this remark from Richard poor and lame "whate'ers begun in anger ends in shame")
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To: little jeremiah
It is not possible to be sure if the content of the article is true - but it is all possible. There are supporting articles at:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=25250
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia_china/story.jsp?story=102409

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/7/14/214727.shtml
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/11/08/rec.nuclear.attack/index.html
196 posted on 12/08/2003 5:43:59 PM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK (Take this remark from Richard poor and lame "whate'ers begun in anger ends in shame")
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To: MissAmericanPie
"If he had them, why would he have had to use jets to attack? I would think the only reason we are sitting here now is because they don't have them."

very true.

I hate when really old threads get resurrected because I've answered them and only later realized I was talking about something 2 or 3 years old. :)
197 posted on 12/08/2003 5:46:54 PM PST by proud American in Canada
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
After I asked my question, I went and check most of the links. Duh!

I didn't check the independent.asia one as it was gone, but then I saw up at the top there were links to it.

What is your (probably more than me) educated opinion about this interview? Seems that someone who either knows Arabic or how to research Al Jazeera could find out if A.J. really did interview this guy. Of course, even if they did, he could have been lying. Sounds pretty specific.
198 posted on 12/08/2003 5:51:28 PM PST by little jeremiah
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To: little jeremiah
What is your (probably more than me) educated opinion about this interview?

Ha educated ? Im just as confused about most of this than anybody but i do think its a credible threat that nukes could be here in the US without us knowing after all there were a quit significant few sold on the black market in russia [from reports i've read ] and suitcase weapons are what they are looking for But beig lead lined it would make the Extremely HEAVY and cumbersome to move i dont see anyone letting them through any kind of domestic delivery service without suspicion even before 911 but i could be wrong ! i have been before ! <-----[understatment]

All i can say which is little to no help at all is be vigilant its about all we can do in this screwed up world !

A_P

199 posted on 12/08/2003 6:04:22 PM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK (Take this remark from Richard poor and lame "whate'ers begun in anger ends in shame")
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To: Uncle Bill
If these weapons are ever used against the U.S., we should put the Islam world on notice that all of their holy sites (Mecca, Medina, et. ) will be reduced to glass. Without their moon god to pray to 5 time a day, in what direction will they raise their asses. It will come to this.
200 posted on 12/08/2003 6:11:42 PM PST by jslade
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