Osama bin Laden Bought Fake Nukes from Russian Mafyia

Paul Harvey ^ | 02/04/2002 | Paul Harvey

[ex-Texan]

Just heard Paul Harvey's morning broadcast and he is reporting that U.S. Special Forces have found fake Russian nukes hidden in Afghanistan. Each of these weapons was an exact replica or a 'working model' of Russian WMD .... and each had been smeared heavily with radioactive waste materials.

The nukes were apparently so radioactive that they may have contaminated everyone who came into contact with them.

What is the going price for stolen nukes on the black market today?

[ex-Texan]

That Paul Harvey link works but the story I heard with the link is last Friday's broadcast.

[Revelation 911]

we can only hope the b*stard wasnt using his arm and looking pale and drawn in his last vid due to a healthy dose of rad poisoning

[The Energizer]

ditto. I heard the same thing on Paul Harvey this morning, while smiling!

[Aggie Mama]

How do they treat our SF guys if they were contaminated? I'm glad that the Russians tricked him, but not too happy that some of the good guys could have been hurt.

[TomGuy]

I'm sure the Special Forces men use every precaution when they find such caches. They probably check it from a distance with both chemical and radiation detectors before they approach.

[skateman]

Osama bin Laden Bought Fake Nukes from Russian Mafyia

I believe "Mafia" is the correct spelling.

[Physicist]

Has this story appeared at any other news outlet? It seems strange that a scoop of this magnitude should fall to the lot of Paul Harvey.

[Rebelbase]

Caveat emptor.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Maybe Paul got it from Debka.

There has been to many suitcase nukes bought and sold for them to be fakes, IMO.

[Ben Chad]

Osama Bin Laden --> Gamma Ray Laden

[concerned about politics]

Fake missiles smeared with radioactive waste? Now that is kinda funny.

Serious when thinking they could have been real, but the rip off is the funny part.
They have way too much respect for Bin Ladin, aye?

[Landru]

"Eh!! Look at deezz one; low miles -- a real cherry 2Megger for the give-away-price of..." ~gotta imagine a Russian accent!!
Too funny.

...& we thought this Osamma Mamma clown had some real brains, eh?

[Mr. Quarterpanel]

I seem to recall some mention regarding this "fake nukes" a couple of months ago. The sheer lack of details and the abundance of hearsay was probably the reason that there have not been any cogent news stories regarding it. Ya gotta have details, if you are going to report something like this.

I had heard that the price was $15 million for 2, and they passed the smell test for Al Quada. Only when the deal was done was it discovered that they were fakes.

I guess that even the Russian Mafia is not stupid enough to sell them the real thing, knowing what they probably had in mind!

[MJY1288]

They use Potassium Iodine to protect from radiation damage to their organs

[GotMojo]

Osama Beta Laden.....he's "laden" with Beta particles!

[steve-b]

"Eh!! Look at deezz one; low miles -- a real cherry 2Megger for the give-away-price of..." ~gotta imagine a Russian accent!!

You zhust tell me vere to vind moose and squirrel....

[kinghorse]

Wait a second. What the hell would a Russian Mafia be doing with a nuke and how is that considered somehow an ok thing when it's not if it's in Osama's hands. I guess there are degrees of Ok-ness. I for one am not please to think anyone other than a recognized govt is in possession of a thermonuclear device.

[Texaggie79]

Have You Seen This Man?

[ppaul]

Osama bin Laden Bought Fake Nukes.....

Dimwits.
LOL!

[Illbay]

Although that's probably an acceptable transliterated spelling from Cyrillic.