Posted on 08/10/2005 5:17:56 AM PDT by conservativecorner
NUCLEAR WAR-FEAR Author says prepare for nuclear terror Former official: Not trying to cause panic, but prevent it
U.S. officials should get serious about nuclear terrorism by urging Americans to prepare for disaster by stockpiling food, water, building shelters and planning evacuation routes, says an author and former member of the Indiana House of Representatives.
In response to reports al-Qaida is planning an "American Hiroshima" nuclear attack on the U.S. using weapons and operative already smuggled into the country, Don Boys, author of Islam: America's Trojan Horse, says he is not trying to panic the public.
"In a few days or weeks, everyone who has not prepared for disaster will panic," he says. "I would like for you to realize that you may have already waited too long to properly prepare, and if you wait much longer, it will be too late to buy gold, guns, and groceries. ... The name of the game will be survival, only survival. Forget the job since it will be gone. Your Social Security or pension check? Don't count on it. Protection from local authorities? Probably not. You will be on your own."
Boys bases his advice on the words of U.S. officials from President Bush to Vice President Dick Cheney to the directors of the FBI and Homeland Security who have said nuclear terrorism is the greatest threat facing the nation and a virtual inevitability at some point.
"If U.S. officials are wrong and there is no danger from terrorists ... then breathe a sigh of relief, thank God for His mercy and continue with your life," he says. "However, if you are wrong (and U.S. officials are right), you and your family will be cold, hungry, and dependent on others to provide for your basic needs. Is it wise to take such an unnecessary risk?"
Boys suggests Americans purchase non-electric tools, guns, ammunition, food and toilet paper. He says it would be wise to set aside small bills as well as quarters.
"A few boxes of No-Rad (potassium iodide anti-radiation tablets) will be more valuable than gold if you are in a contaminated area," he says. "Get a supply today."
WND has reported that captured al-Qaida leaders and documents outline plans for a devastating terrorist nuclear attack on the U.S. plans that have been under way for more than a decade. The reports are confirmed by author Paul Williams in his upcoming book, "The Al Qaeda Connection."
Intelligence analysts and sources disagree on the details of the way bin Laden's "American Hiroshima" plan unfolds. Some G2 Bulletin sources emphasize bin Laden's commitment to re-enacting the 1945 attack on Japan with one nuclear detonation, followed by another days later.
Williams, however, sees a much more devastating, coordinated, all-out, surprise attack coming.
"The next attack, according to al-Qaida defectors and informants, will take place simultaneously at various sites throughout the country," he writes. "Designated targets include New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Houston, Las Vegas, and Valdez, Alaska, where the tankers are filled with oil from the Trans-Alaska pipeline. To orchestrate such an incredible event requires not only the shipment of the nukes into the United States but also the establishment of cells, the training of sleeper agents, the selection of sites, and the preparation of the weapons without detection from federal, state or local law enforcement officials. Unlike 9-11, that cost less than $350,000, this event already has cost a king's ransom, and bin Laden will not waste the billions in expenditures, the years of planning and his coveted 'crown jewels' on an attack that is ill-planned, poorly timed and carelessly coordinated."
Other sources interpret some of the same information, based on captured al-Qaida operatives and documents as well as defectors, differently. They project an escalating series of attacks, each followed by blackmail demands upon the U.S. government and the American people.
I think you mean potassium iodide (KI). The author recommends No Rad. We have in our medicine cabinet Rad Block. Recommended for small children is hiding a tablet in a ball of soft bread and giving it to them with lots of KoolAid or juice so they can swallow the thing whole (tablets are pretty small, like a Sudafed tablet).
I'm betting that America won't give up.
Y2K all over again.
Oil prices aren't going up because the Saudis are gouging us, they're going up because they don't have the capacity to pump enough to stem the demand coming from China, and Venezuela is a mess.
"Towel heads?" How about "Shiite-heads?"
BTW, we currently live "just down the road a piece" from one of the nuclear power plants that keeps appearing on the threat lists. Boy Scout motto is "Be Prepared." My motto is "Better Safe Than Sorry." ;o)
I would hope we have a lopsided kill ratio since we spend buku dollars on training and weaponry while we are fighting killers with little or no training, advanced weapons or armour.
Islma-Nazis=Islama-Nazis
I like your's better.
I think he/she was referring to the end of the world types who thought we would be reduced to living like people did in the 1800's.
I know some who were convinced the world as we knew it would be ending.
Yes a lot of hard work went into fixing potential problems but I don't think even if the worst had happened it would have been as bad as the hardcore Y2K fearmongers predicted.
Well I heard about 3-4 weeks ago that intelligence is saying multiple nuke attack within 90 days.
I am not laughing it off but realize there isn't much to do but pray.
Well that's definitely an extenuating circumstance! Sabotaging a nuclear power plant could occur with a light plane filled with explosives...
Hopefully we will learn the lessons the UK seems to have learned, adopt our way of life, our values or leave.
You heard this from where?
More Dick Tracey less Dick Durbin
More Magiver less McCauliff (Terry)
More Steve Austin less Stevy Nicks
More UFC less U2
Now that is my kind of preparation. If it does hit that fan I'll be sure to look you up for some trade.
We live in an area where hurricanes and icestorms have been known to create problems. We have a few things on hand in preparation for ice or hurricanes, so I guess we are prepared for a nuclear event. At least in terms of food and toilet paper.
More Metallica less Moby
More Rosie the Riviter less Rosie O'Donnell
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