Terrorists carrying a radioactive bomb arrested.

http://www.news-israel.net ^

[ipaq2000]

Local news web site in Hebrew reports minute ago:. Israeli Special Forces arrested terrorists carrying a radioactive bomb on the Jordanian border, no further details yet.
I will post more info soon.

[lavaroise]

uh oh! Can we trust Jordan to protect Israel from terrorists? I did not think so.

[leadpenny]

Waiting.................Bump!

[Cachelot]

Jordanian border, no further details yet.

Sigh. So the earlier report about a terrorist being arrested with a bomb like that may be true after all, then. Should be time to end this idiocy soon, but it'll probably not happen before Israel elects someone a little less paralyzed than Sharon.

[Real Cynic No More]

bttt

[Don Joe]

"uh oh! Can we trust Jordan to protect Israel from terrorists? I did not think so."

I think it's more like the King quietly and discretely hoping that Israel can protect Jordan when push comes to shove. He seems to be a fairly western-oriented pragmatist -- which makes me fear for his safety from the islamist radicals in his country. I think if major instability rises to the surface in that region, he's going to be one of the early targets for those vermin.

[CommiesOut]

bttt

[dennisw]

I'm sure if the Palestinians had their state all this would end. [/sarcasm]

[Lady GOP]

thnx for the scoop...post updates

[snorkeler]

Does anyone speak Hebrew or know of a good translation site?

[YaYa123]

Nothing to confirm your report at

http://7am.com/wireidx/world/

This site is excellent, by the way:
World Wire
From; Nando, BBC, World Guardian, Newsday, 7am.com, Pravda, Fox News.

[Ranger]

This is the second such incident. Wasn't the first around the end of September?

[YaYa123]

I wanted to ask the same question after checking the source. Inflammatory reports like this one need to be verified by other more familiar sources, before posting.

[R. Scott]

I might well end – while the blast would be nominal, the contaminated area left by a radioactive bomb could be huge– if he doesn't check the local Weather Channel he could contaminate a large chunk of Palestinian turf (and Palestinians) for a long, long time.

[YaYa123]

The Jerusalem Post

http://www.jpost.com/

breaking news section would have a mention of this, don't you think?

[Cachelot]

breaking news section would have a mention of this, don't you think

No. Jpost can be amazingly slow, and there's a pattern in what it is slow at. And the last one wasn't published at all for weeks. And never in Jpost.

[snorkeler]

Was the original incident true? I never heard a word about it?

[YaYa123]

How gullible would you have to be to take a headline like this seriously without confirmation or verification? Without being able to even read the original source?

"Terrorists carrying a radioactive bomb arrested"

Says who?

[Cachelot]

Was the original incident true?

I don't know. I had my doubts, but it appeared to come from a reputable source. Can look it up. Anyway, the interesting thing was that it was said that this wasn't anything improvised but a Russian device. And the fact that the arrest apparently took place soon after rthe 911 attack, if I remember, and still wasn't made public for quite a long time.