Al Qaeda nukes are reality, intelligence says

Washington Times ^ | 10/28/02 | Neil Doyle

[kattracks]

LONDON

[Brad’s Gramma]

FYI and indexing

[Mo1]

There is no consensus among experts on whether al Qaeda possesses working nuclear warheads, as Osama bin Laden contended in an interview after September 11.

Think Saddam might help him out ???

[Brad’s Gramma]

I can't answer. I'm not here anymore. I've logged off.

Shhhhhhhh

[sourcery]

Bookmarked.

Chilling.

[FairOpinion]

"It has been estimated that one ADM could immediately kill 100,000 people if it exploded in a major city center, with hundreds of thousands dying from cancer in the fallout.

However, one senior Western intelligence contact is adamant that the terrorists do have a number of these weapons — nine, to be precise. The price on the deal is put at $30 million, plus 2 tons of opium per nuke."
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This should be required reading for everyone before they go to the polls on November 5. Voters should ask themselves who is more capable to defend us -- the Democrats who constantly put their partisan interests over the interests of the American People, or the Republicans who support Bush in his superhuman efforts to protect us.

[seeker41]

Disturbing if true.

[Norman Arbuthnot]

 Rose Gottemoeller, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and assistant energy secretary for nonproliferation in the Clinton administration, said: "I believe that the chance that al Qaeda controls actual warheads is virtually nil.

Well, here is proof positive that AQ has a nuke. Thanks Bubba.

[The Great Satan]

It has been estimated that one ADM could immediately kill 100,000 people if it exploded in a major city center, with hundreds of thousands dying from cancer in the fallout.

Really? Hundreds of thousands didn't die from fallout after Hiroshima or Nagasaki. Why should they now?

This is total fantasy. If Al-Qaeda currently possesed WMD, we would have seen something a bit more impressive in followup to 9/11 than the shoe bomber or the DC sniper, after toppling the Taliban, killing Bin Laden, and imprisoning hundreds of their fighters at Camp X-Ray. We do need to worry about WMD -- specifically anthrax (nukes are a non-issue for the foreseeable future) -- but the issue there is Hussein, not some stumblebums living in a cave in Afghanistan.

[Las Vegas Dave]

bttt...

[section9]

I don't believe that they have it.

How and ever, if they do, they probably understand that our response would be biblical in proportion, and have probaby been told as much throught channels.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[dennisw]

interesting

[ASA Vet]

is proving to be as hard as locating Osama bin Laden.

Here's one for Neil Doyle.

[backhoe]

I have to roust the wife in a moment, but if you'll follow my previous posts on NBC warfare, Nuke News, etc., you'll find info on SADM, among other stuff. Since 9-11 I have fully expected another attack ( not to forget the anthrax... ) and somewhat anticipate it being nuclear... altho I doubt those old small nukes could be kept "hot" enough to go critical... but they make a dirty bomb easily enough... gotta run-

[dennisw]

A dirty bomb would put people into a panic. Contaminating Wall Street with one would strike a severe blow.....And then who would we attack to stop such actions? Would we nuke Mecca? We should but even after a dirty bomb we wouldn't.

Just what would our course of action be if we got hit by 4 dirty bombs in one day in the downtowns of 4 major cities? Our insurers would be thrown for a real loop and the American people would be in a panic.

[flamefront]

Saddam's help?

Considering the major premise of this article is based on the fact of

Iraq's attempt to destroy the oil fields in Kuwait during the 1991 Persian Gulf war

wouldn't it be fair to say not only has Saddam already helped OBL out with this extreme tactic but has so lowered the bar on conflict that taking him out has been deserved even without Saddam's possession of WMD's?

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[xJones]

How and ever, if they do, they probably understand that our response would be biblical in proportion, and have probaby been told as much throught channels.

The response should be biblical in proportion, but what would we target? Baghdad and Riyahd? Level off the Tora Bora Mountains?

[section9]

The response should be biblical in proportion, but what would we target? Baghdad and Riyahd? Level off the Tora Bora Mountains?

The bin Ladenists presently are strongest in the Northwestern Frontier just over the border from Afghanistan. Basically, you make that region uninhabitable to humans for the next several decades.

You need to set an example for others.

Be Seeing You,

Chris