[ZaDomSpremni]

I don't believe it. If they have the materials to build a nuclear bomb then why havn't they built one and used it?

[smolensk]

I say that any foreign national from a certain list of middle-eastern countries who is not a citizen or a permanent resident should be given a week to leave the country!

[Dallas]

Hmmm.....

led by the Al Qaeda group of Saudi billionaire fugitive Osama Bin Laden.

So he is no longer worth 500 million, but is now a billionaire ? Crime must really pay....

[toupsie]

Just curious. How long is the nuclear material useful for bomb making? Does lose its ability to "go boom" after a certain number of years or does this stuff last forever? I'm hoping that the Ruskies that sold that stuff knew it would be useless in a year or so and were stiffin' Mohammad.

[dead]

I have one too. I picked it up at garage sale.

Nobody on my block gives me any guff anymore.

[malakhi]

Don't get too excited. this is the WORLD TRIBUNE, after all. Not exactly the most reliable source for news.

[Dan Day]

WASHINGTON — More than 100 terrorist organizations around the world have succeeded in obtaining elements for the construction of a nuclear bomb.

Just like the "woo woo" reports of police finding "bomb-making materials" in someone's house (translation: Black Powder or many other household items), this sounds blown out of proportion: "elements for the construction of a nuclear bomb" could include transistors, conventional explosives, lead shielding, etc.

As a result, the UN said, more than 100 terrorist groups are now capable of developing an atomic bomb.

Hell, *I'm* "capable of developing an atomic bomb". Acquiring all the high-tech materials and components, on the other hand...

The agency said most of the incidents do not involve material that can be used for the assembly of nuclear weapons.

Bingo.

There's a big difference between unspecified "nuclear materials" and "the large amounts of highly purified Plutonium or U-235 necessary to make an atomic bomb".

[ctdonath2]

Once again, the title means something very different from the content of the article. Having something is very different from having some of the pieces or being able to put the pieces together.

Headline writers need to shape up. They've been getting real sloppy lately.

[Dominus Vobiscum]

100 groups "have the bomb" and not a single "bomb" has gone off accidentally?

Sorry, uh uh, don't buy it. These terrorists are notorious for blowing themselves up trying to put bombs together.

[Darnright]

First we got the Bomb, and that was good, 'cause we love Peace and Brotherhood Then Russia got the Bomb and that's ok, 'cause the balance of power's maintained that way

Who's next?

Egypt's gonna get one too, just to use on you know who. So Israel's getting tense, wants one in self defense

The Lord's our shepherd, says the Psalm But just in case, we better get A BOMB!!!

[Mat_Helm]

This is not true. However, the likelyhood that enough material has been obtained to build a few weapons is very possible. They do not have the luxury of being able to test their device, so they would be looking for help from a bomb maker ( Soviet or China or Pakistan ). If they took out any U.S. city or any city in Israel than Tehran, Bagdad, Damascas, Triploi, Beruit, would disappear with a simultaneous flash overnight!

[doug from upland]

Didn't a certain ex-pres play host to a known international criminal dealing in smuggled nuclear materials? The Russian mafioso Gregori Luftchansky comes to mind. What in the hell was he doing in our White House? Better yet, what were either Scumbag or Luftchansky doing in our White House?

[kimosabe31]

More clinton legacy.