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PAKISTAN: Al-Qaeda has dirty bomb, report says (Al Qaeda has four bases in Pakistan)
AKI ^ | 2006 May 2

Posted on 05/02/2006 6:56:33 AM PDT by Wiz

Islamabad, 2 May (AKI) - Osama bin Laden possesses a "dirty bomb" and nuclear devices bought on the Russian black market prior to 2001, according to Hamid Mir, the journalist who interviewed bin Laden shortly after the 11 September attacks. "Material useful for building a dirty bomb was smuggled from Russia to Georgia and then on to Afghanistan," Mir said in an interview with the website of satellite network al-Arabiya. He added that the device was built with various materials, including uranium, by an Egyptian engineer known as Saad. "I met this engineer only once, in 2000, when the Taliban controlled Kabul" he said.

In the interview, Mir also said the Saudi terror leader had changed his mind at the last minute on the idea of making one of the hijacked 11 September planes crash into a US nuclear plant.

The Pakistani journalist, also said he has precise and up-to-date information on how the Saudi terror leader lives.

"Last September I met the bodyguard of Osama Bin Laden, Abu Hamza, who told me that he had married an Afghan woman with whom he had three children. On the same day he told me of the death of one of Bin Laden's wives during childbirth in a mountainous zone where there were no doctors. It seemed that her death was not a major problem for bin Laden as death in childbirth is quite frequent among Afghan women," Mir recounted.

It is unclear to which of bin Laden's wives his bodyguard was referring, even if it seems probably it was the daughter of Abu Hafs al-Masri.

Abu Hamza al-Jazeeri - an Algerian who in 2003 was in Iraq but later returned to Afghanistan - also indicated that combatants go from Afghanistan to Iraq and back through Iran.

(Excerpt) Read more at adnki.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; alqaeda; alqaedanukes; alqaedastrategy; dirtybomb; loosenukes; oef; osamabinladen; terrorism; terrorist; waronterror; wmd; wot
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To: His Supreme Majesty
I'm definitely no rocket scientist, but I work with the military and have become dependent on them for my info, so I just pulled that article down from their website. But several other, what I would consider to be trusted sites, agree with them, such as the scientists at Tufts University and the CDC. Research at the Heritage Foundation says "To kill or sicken a large number of people would require a relatively large weapon with highly radioactive material.". A CFR report agrees with them, even in the case of cesium-137.

My information still leads me to believe we should be more concerned with suitcase nukes. But if you are really concerned, maybe you can get yourself one of these handy dandy Micro Dirty Bomb Key Fobs to carry around with you ; )

I do apologize, but just I can't help being a smartass sometimes, living with my hubby will do that to a person, LOL!

21 posted on 05/02/2006 1:41:40 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: ravingnutter

Strongly suggest you make a Barnes/Noble run and read:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581825293/qid=1146603320/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-0934037-1546326?s=books&v=glance&n=283155


22 posted on 05/02/2006 1:54:56 PM PDT by His Supreme Majesty
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To: His Supreme Majesty

If he had had the dirty bomb on 9/11/2001, he would have used it...now, he's hiding in caves with more and more of his aides and leutenants getting the "72 virgin" service every day! In Iraq, Zarquawi is getting more and more desperate because the same scenario is happpening and he's more in the open than Bin Laden. Personally, I think we ought to just MOAB the entire border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan because there are more enemies there than everywhere else put together!


23 posted on 05/02/2006 2:03:13 PM PDT by princess leah
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To: Wiz

OBL remains dead. The Alqaida dirty bomb, if ever used, would bring the rapid end of islamic terrorism since the entire civilized world would come down on them like a ton of bricks.


24 posted on 05/02/2006 2:05:46 PM PDT by RightWhale (Off touch and out of base)
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To: kinoxi
unfortunately bin laden has hesitated and delayed (the world trade center attacks).

Yes, and this has to be repeated frequently (at least once per day on FR) to westerners who don't understand the Islamic concept of eternal patience.

25 posted on 05/02/2006 2:09:12 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: princess leah
If he had had the dirty bomb on 9/11/2001, he would have used it.

Why do you say that? Did the U.S. and Britain use every weapon in their inventory when invading Iraq?

Besides, a dirty bomb would result in few if any more immediate casualties than any conventional bomb of the same size.

The main effect would be to make the area off-limits for a period of time.

26 posted on 05/02/2006 2:13:55 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: Gorzaloon
"1) His "wife" died in childbirth because the remote primitive place he is "living" has no doctors."

I thought that 'whacky' guy that's always by his side is a doctor. Isn't that what they keep telling us.

27 posted on 05/02/2006 2:15:43 PM PDT by blam
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To: steve-b
not the Russian Mafia selling the rubes a bunch of pinball machine parts and radioactive medical waste.

MY bombs are good! - Dr. Emmemetovich Brownov

28 posted on 05/02/2006 2:21:56 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (If you can read, thank a teacher. If you read English, thank a soldier.)
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To: BearWash
Why do you say that? Did the U.S. and Britain use every weapon in their inventory when invading Iraq?

The US and Britain aren't having their command and control structure steadily chopped to bits, and thus aren't under the same use-it-or-lose-it pressure.

29 posted on 05/02/2006 2:24:30 PM PDT by steve-b (A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
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To: steve-b

That point seems applicable now, but not in mid 2001, when Al-Qaeda was not under any great onslaught. Besides, I suspect that there is enough "free trade" among terrorist groups and supporting states that any destroyed special weapons would be quickly replaced.


30 posted on 05/02/2006 2:39:10 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: His Supreme Majesty
Seems Paul Williams is just another one of the "Blame America" crowd. From the website..."He has served as a consultant for the FBI". Now, THAT'S funny...brought to you by the same FBI that failed to protect America from the Islamo-commies in the first place! Once again, I can't resist:

And he can't sing worth a crap either, LOL!

31 posted on 05/02/2006 2:49:18 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: ravingnutter

I've read the book...it's VERY VERY good...I have a graduate degree and should know...I've read a lot of books

It basically details how America, from presidents Carter thru W., have been acting in the world without the slightest clue about our Islamic enemy...hell it was only till after 9/11 that I even bothered to learn anything about them


32 posted on 05/03/2006 5:56:51 AM PDT by His Supreme Majesty
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To: Gorzaloon
Pinball machine parts! Hahahahhaha!

I see downthread that somebody remembered the source of that quote.

33 posted on 05/03/2006 6:14:13 AM PDT by steve-b (A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
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To: His Supreme Majesty

I don't have a degree, but I have held the hands of military Ph.D.-types (read: handling all their "perceived crises", LOL!) in the human factors/bioeffects research arena for 20 years, so I would trust the military before I trusted any flunky from the FBI, who IMHO, were the ones that didn't have a clue. We were attacked way before 9/11...OKC and the 1993 WTC bombings are just two of those examples. If you like to read, you may want to check out Jayna Davis and Laurie Mylroie's work on this. This war is not about our foreign policy or occupation of foreign lands, it is a holy war where Muslims want to conquer the world and force them to convert to their religion. Anyone that doesn't see that is blind...I loathe the "Blame America" crowd.


34 posted on 05/03/2006 10:05:37 AM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: 5by5

he probably does have a dirty bomb, but wont settle for it hence your assertion of hesitation. Releasing a dirty bomb would tip his hand to the west and draw way too much attention, his goal is a nuclear bomb, not a miniscule dirty bomb.


35 posted on 05/03/2006 12:06:56 PM PDT by Taulant
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