[thoughtomator]

Those who are purveying this story are staggeringly irresponsible, and have destroyed any credibility they had as journalists.

Nukes aren't easy to handle, they don't preserve well, and the fact that we haven't been nuked (nor has Israel) is virtual proof that Islamists don't have them. There is nothing in their history to suggest that they would hold back for an instant, if they did have them.

[TBall]

"There is nothing in their history to suggest that they would hold back for an instant, if they did have them." Oh please, it is common knowledge that AQ often take years to plan and are not carried out until the dates and the moon align. Hopefully they don't have nukes, but no doubt they want them and would like to use them to kill millions of non believing infidels.

[ReignOfError]

Nukes aren't easy to handle, they don't preserve well, and the fact that we haven't been nuked (nor has Israel) is virtual proof that Islamists don't have them. There is nothing in their history to suggest that they would hold back for an instant, if they did have them.

9/11 proves al Qaeda is patient. They didn't just grab a plane, they waited until they had a plan to grab four. They wouldn't pop off a nuke in one city if they could hit multiple cities at the same time by waiting a while longer.

That said, the maintenance issues make me dubious of the report. I've never seen any sign that AQ has anywhere near that level of technical expertise -- it sounds like they would need almost as much skill to maintain a bomb as to build one of their own.

[Phantom Lord]

There is nothing in their history to suggest that they would hold back for an instant, if they did have them.

I would say an 8 year gap between attacks on the WTC shows they can restrain themselves. And wait thing out till the timing is to their best advantage.