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US expert sketches nightmare nuclear terrorist attack on major city
AFP ^ | Wed, Sep 22, 2004

Posted on 09/22/2004 10:06:51 AM PDT by Area Freeper

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To: Area Freeper

A nuclear attack on an American city will cause a world wide economic crash. This will lead to ethnic warfare in Europe. Muslims will be persecuted on a scale not seen since Hitler tried to exterminate the Jews.

The UN will cease to exist.
Israel will conquer the mideast.
Japan will become allied with South Korea and conquer the north. China will be defeated by Taiwan with US and Russian help.

The world will be completely changed, but not in the way Islam prays for.


21 posted on 09/22/2004 11:02:50 AM PDT by mugs99 (Restore the Constitution)
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To: Doomonyou

Judging by Dick Morris, it is very possible to hate Bill Clinton and still be a Rat.


22 posted on 09/22/2004 11:03:29 AM PDT by No Surrender Monkey
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To: Shryke

True....
What is most disturbing in my mind is that triggering devices are designed safety in mind.
They enable the DROPPER to get far enough away NOT to be destroyed by the device..
You don't need much of a trigger if the DROPPER is willing to go up with the device..
One could trigger a nuclear event just by pushing two sub critical masses together...then boom


23 posted on 09/22/2004 11:03:52 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Sender

The Great Depression of 1929 would seam like a walk in the park compare to what America and the rest of dependent on it world would face.


24 posted on 09/22/2004 11:04:06 AM PDT by Neocon Shavuz
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To: Shryke

Looking at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I would guess you could expect a 50% fatality rate within the blast radius.


25 posted on 09/22/2004 11:06:29 AM PDT by Dead Dog
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To: No Surrender Monkey
Judging by Dick Morris, it is very possible to hate Bill Clinton and still be a Rat.

True enough, but Marcinko make's it pretty clear he hates surrender monkeys.

26 posted on 09/22/2004 11:08:07 AM PDT by Doomonyou (Molon Labe! FMCDH!)
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To: Robe; RadioAstronomer; PatrickHenry

Think about that scenario (gun-type fission weapon). Not only does that require some fancy equipment (albeit nothing like a fusion weapon), but the dropper is going to be moving around a rather lethal amount of nuclear material. Unless these guys build a shield for the core, which would make it quite large, you are going to basically have a bomb that will kill its handlers in short order. But I am just theorizing. Let me ping some people for input.


27 posted on 09/22/2004 11:08:40 AM PDT by Shryke (Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.)
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To: Doomonyou

That makes 2 of us!!!


28 posted on 09/22/2004 11:10:53 AM PDT by No Surrender Monkey
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To: Robe

I think we should let it be known that 30 minutes after a nuclear detonation on American soil caused by muslim terrorists,.... Mecca, Medina, Riyad, and Cairo cease to exist........


29 posted on 09/22/2004 11:11:00 AM PDT by ALASKA (For every victim of terrorism, we should take out ten family members of the responsible terrorist.)
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To: mugs99

Perhaps...

But, the MSM would immediately try to downplay such an incident. After all, it is our fault because we supported Israel and invaded Iraq.


30 posted on 09/22/2004 11:13:31 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: Dead Dog

I don't think nearly that high, Dead. The buildings of Manhattan are far, FAR stronger than both of thos cities. They would serve to contain alot of the blast and heat. If I remember correctly, H and N went up like matchsticks due to everything being built of bamboo/wood. That kind of flash fire wouldn't happen as rapidly in a modern city.


31 posted on 09/22/2004 11:13:34 AM PDT by Shryke (Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.)
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To: Area Freeper
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If you like Tom Clancy books, The Sum of all Fears is a great book about jihadistan getting thier hands on a nuke and bringing it to the US. I refused to watch the movie due to the major plot change from arab terrorists to white supremists (or whatever non-arab group hollywierd changed it to.)

32 posted on 09/22/2004 11:15:53 AM PDT by Doomonyou (Molon Labe! FMCDH!)
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To: Doomonyou

Doh!

33 posted on 09/22/2004 11:16:51 AM PDT by Doomonyou (Molon Labe! FMCDH!)
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To: ALASKA

This would definitely kill a million people. Set it off in midtown Friday afternoon rush. It would be devestating.


34 posted on 09/22/2004 11:17:30 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Control the information given to society and you control society.)
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To: Shryke

Good point. The bottom line is, they aren't the end of the world, Just EXTREAMLY bad.


35 posted on 09/22/2004 11:19:27 AM PDT by Dead Dog
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To: Dead Dog

Extremely ;*), indeed.


36 posted on 09/22/2004 11:21:26 AM PDT by Shryke (Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.)
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To: ALASKA
I think we should let it be known that 30 minutes after a nuclear detonation on American soil caused by muslim terrorists,.... Mecca, Medina, Riyad, and Cairo cease to exist........

That may have been made clear, privately, to the appropriate parties, and that may be why an attack has been prevented so far. Developing a nuke is something that usually requires the resources of a country, and the likely suspects may have already been told we will shoot first and ask questions later.

37 posted on 09/22/2004 11:21:56 AM PDT by ExpatCanuck
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To: Shryke

even worse than my spelling.


38 posted on 09/22/2004 11:26:44 AM PDT by Dead Dog
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To: Sender
The effects would be somewhat contained by the concrete jungle itself, but look at the economic and psychological impact from the loss of just two buildings in 2001. It could be hundreds of buildings even with a small nuke, and the loss of life and economic trauma would be devastating.

Also, assuming a ground burst, the fallout and contamination would be impossible to clean up, and Manhattan, (or where ever) would have to be abandoned, think Chernobyl, only 1000 times worse.

39 posted on 09/22/2004 11:29:34 AM PDT by Doomonyou (Molon Labe! FMCDH!)
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To: mugs99
A nuclear attack on an American city will cause a world wide economic crash. This will lead to ethnic warfare in Europe. Muslims will be persecuted on a scale not seen since Hitler tried to exterminate the Jews.

The UN will cease to exist.

Israel will conquer the mideast.

Japan will become allied with South Korea and conquer the north. China will be defeated by Taiwan with US and Russian help.

The world will be completely changed, but not in the way Islam prays for.

Is that you Mr. Clancy?

40 posted on 09/22/2004 11:30:58 AM PDT by freedomlover
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