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  • After a 'Dirty Bomb' Explodes

    06/11/2002 6:56:06 AM PDT · by vannrox · 19 replies · 649+ views
    The New York Times ^ | June 11, 2002 | Editorial Staff
    After a 'Dirty Bomb' Explodes he age of terrorism is forcing all of us to learn a whole new vocabulary that describes potential threats and their consequences, if for no other reason than to calibrate how terrified we should be as each new menace emerges. The latest worry came yesterday with the revelation by Attorney General John Ashcroft that an American terrorist associated with Al Qaeda has been planning to explode a radiation-laced "dirty bomb" in the United States. We can fervently hope that no such weapon is ever exploded here. But should one ever be detonated, it is important...
  • Explosives Check at German Parliament (saltpeter found)

    05/10/2002 6:25:29 PM PDT · by knak · 20 replies · 497+ views
    yahoo ^ | 5/10/02
    BERLIN (AP) - The German parliament was closed Friday as police sniffer dogs searched the building for explosives after two men were found carrying chemicals, a parliamentary spokesman said. Security staff at the Reichstag building in downtown Berlin apprehended the men in a washroom, said the spokesman, Hans Hotter. He said the chemicals appeared to be saltpeter — which is used in gunpowder — salt and charcoal. A parliamentary official who spoke on condition of anonymity had said earlier that the men were journalists for the Hamburg-based magazine Max. Hotter declined to confirm that, saying the two hadn't been able...