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Bin Laden Nuke Bomb Shock ( "dirty bomb" was a factor in the terror alert )
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| 12/04/2001
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Posted on 12/04/2001 12:48:36 AM PST by KQQL
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posted on
12/04/2001 12:48:36 AM PST
by
KQQL
To: KQQL
"The concern is sufficiently deep that some countries have adopted extreme security procedures at their borders, including the increased use of devices that measure radioactivity." Duh!
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posted on
12/04/2001 12:51:42 AM PST
by
lavaroise
To: lavaroise
If he has it, he will likely use it in pakistan , because hates them these days.
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posted on
12/04/2001 12:54:51 AM PST
by
KQQL
To: KQQL
YIKES !
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posted on
12/04/2001 1:00:19 AM PST
by
nopardons
To: nopardons
super duper yikes!
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posted on
12/04/2001 1:02:25 AM PST
by
KQQL
To: lavaroise
If he has it, he will likely use it in Pakistan , because OBL hates them these days.
I bet he never thought Pakistan would have supported the US.
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posted on
12/04/2001 1:07:25 AM PST
by
KQQL
To: KQQL
Washington Post article:
U.S. Fears Bin Laden Made Nuclear Strides
Some of the conclusions come from interrogations of captured al Qaeda members or associates. Some come from evidence gathered in the last month on the ground in Afghanistan by CIA officers and U.S. Special Forces from former al Qaeda facilities.
In addition, recent U.S. intelligence reports describe a meeting within the last year in which bin Laden was present when one of his associates produced a canister that allegedly contained radioactive material. The associate waved the canister in the air as proof of al Qaeda's progress and seriousness in trying to build a nuclear device.
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posted on
12/04/2001 1:08:01 AM PST
by
sarcasm
To: KQQL
If he has it, it is a sure bet that Iraq has a better model.
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posted on
12/04/2001 1:08:05 AM PST
by
patj
To: patj
yes, I agree with you.
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posted on
12/04/2001 1:10:47 AM PST
by
KQQL
To: KQQL
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posted on
12/04/2001 1:12:37 AM PST
by
sarcasm
To: KQQL
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posted on
12/04/2001 1:18:35 AM PST
by
backhoe
To: KQQL
That's the reaction your leaders are hoping for. A bonus for them would be the whimpers and cries for protection.
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posted on
12/04/2001 1:19:40 AM PST
by
mxbluto
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To: patj
Perhaps a premptive strike.....
To: KQQL
...spent reactor fuel rods, and wrapping it around readily-available conventional explosives.What a crock! Merely having eye-contact with one of those rods for a few seconds is fatal. How are they going to
- Procure one in the first place. You can't just buy them at your local hardware store.
- Transport it to Afghanistan. You really don't want to check a 20' long hot, glowing rod with your baggage for the flight.
- Cut through the zirconium sheath to remove the spent fuel pellets.
- Handle the "bomb" when they had done all this?
I repeat, this article is a crock.
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To: KQQL
bump
To: KQQL
The danger of these kinds of "dirty bombs" is less than the scaremongers in the media would have you believe.
Yes, you could spread radioactivity over an area. A relatively small area. Done just right, about the same size area as an accident in a chemical plant would endanger -- i.e., enough to displace a few hundred homes and a dozen or so businesses, but hardly any more damage than the sort we already take in stride when a train carrying tank cars of dangerous chemicals derails.
And like a chemical spill, the moment an attack like this occurs, the evacuations would start and the actual amount of danger to people would be low. It would just make for an environmental mess, but again, over a relatively small area.
Some uninformed alarmists have tried to paint pictures of millions of people with radiation poisoning and entire regions made uninhabitable, but that's simply ridiculous.
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posted on
12/04/2001 2:23:41 AM PST
by
Dan Day
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To: backhoe
backhoe, the links provided are excellent readings. Thanks for the continual posting of ths information.
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