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To: abner; RaceBannon; GunsareOK; Dan from Michigan
"...Ashcroft looked absolutely terrified. His face was ghost white, ..."

I hope it doesn't have anything to do with the 43 suitcase nukes the Taliban got from the Soviets and have been trying (and thwarted on several occasions) to get fisionable plutonium for. They may have un-enriched lower grade material for a dirty bomb though.

IMHO, it's a good time to stock up on food, water, cash, and ammunition.

51 posted on 10/29/2001 2:25:43 PM PST by Rockinfreakapotamus
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To: Rockinfreakapotamus
the 43 suitcase nukes the Taliban got from the Soviets and have been trying (and thwarted on several occasions) to get fisionable plutonium

Ah. The mislaid soviet demolition devices have been sold to the Taliban, but incomplete? As nuke DIY kits?

Where did you pick up this little snippet?

78 posted on 10/29/2001 2:38:18 PM PST by Cachelot
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To: Rockinfreakapotamus
hope it doesn't have anything to do with the 43 suitcase nukes the Taliban got from the Soviets and have been trying (and thwarted on several occasions) to get fisionable plutonium for.

This is a mish-mash of different rumors, and doesn't make any sense the way it's written here.

First, the allegedly missing "suitcase nukes" wouldn't be missing their fissionable material. Even with the fissionable material, the tritium necessary to make it go "boom" with a sub-critical mass would have decayed to uselessness by now, and it would *not* be possible for a group like Al Qaeda to recharge it, it's a very high-tech operation.

Second, if the alleged "suitcase nukes" *were* missing the fissionable material, it's not like you could just buy some and stuff it in there with a spatula. Shaping and installing the new plutonium would hardly be a low-tech operation either.

175 posted on 10/29/2001 3:41:46 PM PST by Dan Day
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