[_Jim]

CIA says al Qaeda ready to use nukes

"Overblown"

Being 1) 'ready and willing' to use them as opposed to 2) having them (nukes, etc.) in possession, on a platform, operational, ready to deliver are *two* distictly different things.

IF the intel on this is this good - then they've *got* to have a location pinned down in a hangar, on a tarmac or in a harbor somewhere - lacking that, this is only so much smoke/vaporware ...

[FairOpinion]

"Being 1) 'ready and willing' to use them as opposed to 2) having them (nukes, etc.) "

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Read between the lines. If they said they know AQ HAS nuclear bombs, and not just dirty bombs, but real nuclear bombs, and they are IN the US, that would create mass panic.

This kind of news is their (government's) way of spoonfeeding the bad news to us slowly, letting us know, without panicking us, at least not immediately. Of course they are hoping they will catch them first.

I think this is serious. Bush looked happy and relaxed right after the Iraqi war, but has been looking very preoccupied lately, and I don't think "le worm" Chirac could put hi in a bad mood, but some serious threat, like real nukes, would.