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  DoD Homeland Defense Official Convinced Terrorists Would Use WMD By Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USAAmerican Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, January 26, 2004 -- If al Qaeda and other terrorists were given even "half an opening," they would use weapons of mass destructions within the United States, said DoD's official responsible for homeland defense. Paul McHale, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense, addresses members of the Reserve Officers Association Jan. 26 at the group's mid-winter meeting in Washington. McHale encouraged reserve officers to continue the fight against terrorism. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USA(Click photo for...

<p>An al-Qaida program to develop chemical and biological weapons was in the early "conceptual stages" when it was cut short by the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, U.S. and Malaysian security officials told the Associated Press.</p> <p>The information on the state of Osama bin Laden's weapons plan came from interrogations of terrorist suspects captured in Southeast Asia and from clues gathered in the Afghan battlefield, the authorities said.</p>

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - An al-Qaida program to develop chemical and biological weapons was in the early "conceptual stages" when it was cut short by the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, U.S. and Malaysian security officials told the Associated Press. The information on the state of Osama bin Laden's weapons plan came from interrogations of terrorist suspects captured in Southeast Asia and from clues gathered in the Afghan battlefield, the authorities said. The project was being developed in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Officials believe the program was being run by Yazid...

A member of al-Qaida bought enriched uranium capable of being used in a "dirty bomb" from the Congolese opposition three years ago, according to sworn testimony by a soldier from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The testimony, given to investigators looking into the murders of two Congolese opposition figures in France in December 2000, was quoted by the French newspaper Le Progres. The unnamed soldier said he attended a meeting March 3, 2000 in Hamburg, Germany, between some Congolese men and an Egyptian who went by the name of Ibrahim Abd. During this meeting, Abd acquired two bars of enriched...

The CIA's search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has found no evidence that former president Saddam Hussein tried to transfer chemical or biological technology or weapons to terrorists, according to a military and intelligence expert. Anthony Cordesman, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, provided new details about the weapons search and Iraqi insurgency in a report released Friday. It was based on briefings over the past two weeks in Iraq from David Kay, the CIA representative who is directing the search for unconventional weapons in Iraq; L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. civil administrator...

<p>UNITED NATIONS — The Al Qaeda (search) terror network is determined to use chemical and biological weapons and is restrained only by the technical difficulties of doing so, a U.N. expert panel said in a confidential report.</p> <p>Sanctions on supporters of Al Qaeda and Afghanistan's former Taliban (search) rulers appear to be too limited to prevent them from obtaining weapons and explosives, said the report, obtained Friday by The Associated Press.</p>

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 15, 2003 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- The al-Qaida terror network is determined to use chemical and biological weapons and is restrained only by the technical difficulties of doing so, a U.N. expert panel said in a confidential report. Sanctions on supporters of al-Qaida and Afghanistan's former Taliban rulers appear to be too limited to prevent them from obtaining weapons and explosives, said the report, obtained Friday by The Associated Press. "The risk of al-Qaida acquiring and using weapons of mass destruction also continues to grow," the experts said. "Undoubtedly al-Qaida is still considering the use of...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The al-Qaida terror network is determined to use chemical and biological weapons and is restrained only by the technical difficulties of doing so, a U.N. expert panel said in a confidential report. Sanctions on supporters of al-Qaida and Afghanistan's former Taliban rulers appear to be too limited to prevent them from obtaining weapons and explosives, said the report, obtained Friday by The Associated Press. ``The risk of al-Qaida acquiring and using weapons of mass destruction also continues to grow,'' the experts said. ``Undoubtedly al-Qaida is still considering the use of chemical or bio-weapons to perpetrate its...

Al-Qaida leaders, long known to covet biological and chemical weapons, have reached at least the threshold of production. They may already have manufactured some, according to a newly obtained cache of documentary evidence and interrogations recently conducted by the U.S. government. Three people with access to written reports said the emerging picture depicts the al-Qaida biochemical-weapons program as considerably more advanced than U.S. analysts knew. The picture sharpens daily, one official said, because translation and analysis of the documents continue, and because the operative captured with them began divulging meaningful information about production plans only last week. Authorized government spokesmen...