Posted on 02/13/2007 6:16:39 AM PST by RichardMoore
New evidence has come to light that Alexander Litvinenko may have been involved with Islamic terrorists in the preparation of tactical nuclear weapons for use in the jihad against the United States and its NATO allies.
In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to suitcase nukes that were developed by U.S. and Soviet forces during the Cold War. Reliable sources, including Hans Blix of the United Nation, have confirmed that bin Laden purchased several of these devises from the Chechen rebels in 1996. According to Sharif al-Masri and other al Qaeda operatives who have been taken into custody, several of these weapons have been forward deployed to the United States in preparation for al Qaeda's next attack on American soil.
The neutron source or "triggers" of the reported suitcase nukes are composed of beryllium-9 and polonium-210. When these two elements are combined, the alpha particle is absorbed by the nucleus of the beryllium causing it to decay by emitting a neutron. Such "triggers" were a feature of early nuclear weapons in the U.S. and Soviet stockpiles.
Litvinenko, who was born an orthodox Christian, was a convert to Islam with close ties to the Chechen rebels. His last words consisted of his desire to be buried "according to Muslim tradition."
Polonium-beryllium triggers are packaged in foil packs about the size of a package on sugar on a restaurant table. When the twin foil packages are crushed, the elements mix and the neutrons are emitted. A courier transporting nuclear triggers could have had a mishap causing the packages to rupture and a trail of contamination to occur. Polonium-210 is a fine powder, easily aerosolized. Litvinenko could have inhaled the powder, or had a grain or two on his fingers when he ate the sushi. The most probable source of the polonium packets, according to investigators, remains North Korea. The nuclear bomb which was tested by North Korea on October 9, 2006, registered 4.2 on the Richter scale -- displaying an explosive yield of five to 15 kilotons. The Bush Administration dismissed the test as a "fizzle." But the explosion matched the yield of a Soviet Small Atomic Munitions Device (SADM), such as a suitcase nuke with a plutonium core.
Don't know how reliable the source is, just thought I would throw it out there. I got the link from a comment on Debbie Schlussel's blog.
Thanks. Very interesting.
That's the information I had seen too. Just adds a wrinkle, imho.
One of the reasons that I posted this article is that it is supported by several other events from the recent and distant past. Whatever Litvinenko was up to, he was murdered by Putin's FSB. Putin and the New Russia are the real focus of this article. Their connection to al-Qaeda should concern all of us, since it lends new urgent meaning to the war against terror.
For a less emotional and a more thorough understanding of Russia in these times you should get your hands on the Mitroikan book:KGB The Sword and The Shield. Or his second book: KGB,When things were going our Way. Thes two books outine in painstaking detail just what the KGB has been up to for the last 80 years. For instance, it vindicates Joseph McCarthy's allegation of Soviet spies in the Roosevelt administration, a fact that the media and hollywood continue to deny.
Prodi IS a commie. He's been working to move Italy left all his adult life. He's a Marxist zealot.
This whole natural gas thing that Putin is pulling with Europe is all about bending them to his side against the U.S.. I don't think Putin was associated with 9/11, but he's definitely been getting his groove on since then, especially with Iran.
Litvineko was involved in exposing Prodi as a KGB/FSB agent. The Mitroikin Commission was looking into the KGB/FSB involvement in the Italian Gov't.
Why don't you think that the KGB/FSB had an interest in helping al-Qaeda when al-Zawahiri (mister #2) has been named as a KGB/FSB agent?
Named by whom, when, and on what evidence?
Unfortunately those who were working with Litvinenko have died quite suddenly. General Trofimov and his wife were both shot dead. Gerard Batten, a British member of the European Parliament believed Litvinenko enough to bring this up for investgation. Anna Politkovskaya was murdered after the poisoning attempt failed, and she believed Litvinenko. Should we believe Putin, just because he is still alive?
The KGB has had as sordid a past as can be imagined. The moles in US gov't, the seed money for the "anti-war" crowds here, assasinations, supporting terrorism (of many stripes), etc. McCarthy was right, generally. But the KGB having the world in their palm is false, just as the claims that Mossad has there hands in everything, or that the Bilderbergers run everything.
Of course not. I've never doubted Putin was behind these killings. He's an evil, dangerous man.
He's behind a lot more than the killings. Take a good look at a picture of al-Zawahira tell me if you think he could actually be Russian.
That's just the title of a book. The KGB is the Russian Government. And we are fighting them still. What isn't getting out is the fact that we have pretty much defeated them in the Philipines. How did this "Islamic" threat become global if not aided by some power other than Islamic fanaticism?
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