Also note the article is from APRIL. Why "merely" take out the World Trade Center, wasting 15-20 perfectly good, expensively-trained terrorists in the process, when he could simply have one terrorist go to Times Square and let a suitcase nuke off? If he's going to risk a reprisal so strong it will likely destroy his entire operation anyway, why only go out with a comparative whimper?
However, we are going to be on the alert now. Perhaps he is going to change methods, and detonate his bombs while we are looking for an attack from the air.
Maybe he is saving it for Israel.
On the other hand, if his goal was to hurt the U.S. as dramatically as possible, why tip his hand with a complicated plan, when a simple, single one would do so much more damage?
In 1999, I presented the K.S. Wu information to Colonel Lunev for his evaluation. According to Col. Lunev, Russian and Chinese army operatives in the U.S. have created large stockpiles of arms for use in time of war. These communist weapon caches are reportedly hidden all over America. According to Lunev, the Chinese and Russian weapon stockpiles include explosives, nerve gas, anthrax and as many as 120 "suitcase" nuclear bombs!
I have confirmed Colonel Lunev's story with several members of Congress. Red China and Russia have pre-positioned nuclear, chemical and biological weapons on American soil with the intent of destroying our nation. President Clinton and Congress are aware that China and Russia have smuggled nuclear bombs into the United States."
Col. David Hackworth
"In fact, since the Soviet Union stroked out, it's no longer a question of if WMD will be used on Main Street USA, but rather when. Suitcase-size nukes capable of doing a Hiroshima or Nagasaki and other mass weapons of horror according to several sources have already become the newest, trendiest terrorist tool.
Is the Pentagon ready for superterrorism? They move their lips about it, but it's not the highest priority. As usual, they're preparing for the last war, Desert Storm. Except for a few maverick thinkers, the Washington establishment is brain-dead or into deep denial.
In 1995, a Pentagon study called Terror 2000 predicted the wave of terrorism we're now seeing. The report was buried by presidential aides who didn't want to panic the people. The White House view was, if we don't talk about it, maybe it'll go away. Unfortunately, many of predictions featured in this comprehensive report have already occurred."
Or, why not set them off at 20 collegiate football games on Saturday? He has no nukes. But, left to his own devices, he will acquire some. ELIMINATE HIM AND ALL HIS ILK, AND ALL THE COUNTRIES THAT AID AND ABET HIM AND HIS KIND NOW.