[Rockinfreakapotamus]

October 2 National Enquirer shows example of a suitcase nuke device of which binLaden supposedly got a quantity of 43 from the Russians. He has been trying to obtain the enriched uranium for it but his minions have been thwarted on several occasions by CIA and European intelligence.

SCARY !!

[independentmind]

One may get the impression that some in the United States oppose the positive tendency in Russian-American relations that has made itself felt recently," the ministry said in a statement carried by Interfax.

A very interesting observation.

[spudsmaki]

The Washington Times, citing U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity, reported Wednesday that bin Laden is believed by U.S. intelligence to have a secret nuclear weapons laboratory inside Afghanistan.

Ok, what is the management at the WT smoking to make such an idiotic and thoroughly stupid statement? Do they have any idea of the kind of electical distribution infrastructure this would require? Not to mention water, sewer, and computing? Don't they know what little Afghanistan had was destroyed a decade ago?

binLaden, even if he could buy a weapon, doesn't have the infrastructure to maintain it in a usable state.

Now if they had posited that binLaden contracted with a third party to deliver a bomb, that might be believable.

The WT is getting as ridiculous as it gets.

[Stavka2]

Considering that a large chunk of the Russian mafia is run by Chechin crime lords, this is not the least surprising. Or did you all think that the Russian mafia was really primarly Russian? Amazing what happens in a society of 200+ ethnic groups...just like in the USA, hugh?

[Sawdring]

Do have a link to the original Washington Times article?