- Note - There is about a megaton of propaganda potential
in this story. Talk of 'suitcase nukes' in the wrong hands has been a
staple on the intel and 'conspiracy' circuits since the 'collapse' of the
old Soviet Union. As is well-known, such tactical nukes must be maintained
regularly by skilled weapons scientists or they will become 'dirty bomb'
junk rather quickly. In a world where the heinous Warren Commission Report
is still shakily standing, and succeeded by too many other lies surrounding
subsequent tragedies to count, how would Americans ever know with certainty
WHO would actually be responsible if one or more such small weapons were
to be detonated in the US? Answer: They won't. And let's not forget the
warning of the 'retired' Gen. Tommy Franks that the next 'terrorist' strike
on US soil will likely mean martial law and the end of the Constitution.
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- Al-Qaida have possessed tactical nuclear weapons for
about six years, the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper reported Sunday.
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- The Arabic daily reported that sources close to Al-Qaida
said Osama bin Laden's group bought the nuclear weapons from Ukrainian
scientists who were visiting Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 1998.
- The report has not been confirmed.
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- However, the sources said Al-Qaida doesn't intend to
use the weapons against American forces in Muslim countries, "due
to the serious damage" it could cause. But that decision is subject
to change, the sources said, if Al-Qaida "is dealt a serious blow
that won't leave it any room to maneuver."
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- The possibility of detonating the nuclear devices on
American soil was also raised in the report, although no details were given.
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- The sources were quoted as saying that Al-Qaida actvists
have hidden the weapons - each of which is about the size of a suitcase
- in "a safe place."
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- Kandahar was the stronghold of the Taliban, which kept
Afghanistan under tight religious restrictions until the United States
attacked it in retaliation for the September 2001 attacks.
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- In the years after the collapse of the Soviet Union,
serious concern arose in the West over the possibility that nuclear technology
and weapons could spread to other groups, in part due to the difficult
economic situation in the former communist lands. Several reports of the
nuclear arsenal in the former Soviet Union in the 1990s indicated that
a few dozen nuclear explosive devices had disappeared. One of the theories
was that the devices disappeared in Ukraine, which claims that it handed
over all its nuclear weapons to Russia.
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