[OldFriend]

Weldon has been making the rounds of TV shows with his suitcase bomb in hand for months now.

[rwfromkansas]

I am just shaking in my boots. /sarcasm

[Bullish]

Weldon said the U.S. doesn't have enough radiation detection equipment to monitor every possible point of entry for a smuggled al Qaeda dirty nuke.

Since aliens and drugs continue to pour across our borders they're shouldn't have been too many problems getting this thing in.

I blame a lot of our current problems on the left wing liberals who just couldn't stand for us to mind our borders. I also blame politicians of every stripe who have looked the other way and avoided confronting the problem of massive immigration. We have now been invaded by foriegn nationals of many nations who couldn't care less for America or Americans.

It's embarrasing to watch our politicians bumble our immigration problem.

Seal the borders and do a head count now!

[Ditter]

Don't you suppose that if the bomb was here & ready, they would have used it already? They would have used it on 9-11 if they had had it.

[Cicero]

I believe this is what has been motivating Bush to take such strong action. These people are certifiably evil, and there are a whole lot of them. And in a free society it's very, very hard to prevent them from doing this sort of thing.

If the Islamic terrorists were rational, they might refrain from doing this, because of the predictable reaction of the American people. The anger that followed 9/11 would be nothing compared to the anger resulting from a nuclear release in one of our cities. But, regretably, they are not rational.

As Bush has said, this is going to be a long and difficult war, and along the way there are going to be inevitable setbacks. What can we do but live with it and deal with the perpetrators as they deserve?

[Colorado Doug]

If we find it, we really should give it back. I understand that there are quite a few radical Muslims at a place called Mecca. Because of the language problem, I say we return it wrapped in an American flag to the rightful owners at Mecca . By covering it with the symble of America we can be assured that they will treat it carefully and with respect until the proper authorities arrive. Gosh, it just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, thinking of returning their lost property.

[Orion]

I wonder how many more civil rights we will have to cough up to find this?

[Kerensky]

Third world nuclear weapon delivery system:

[backhoe]

Some useful info:

Nuclear News you *can* use--

Nuclear, Biological, & Chemical Warfare- Survival Skills, Pt. II

Tiny Nukes-- the backpack threat

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The linkage between international terrorism and WMD's like dirty nukes is clearly our greatest threat. There is no doubt in my mind that the terror networks would love to use one against American civilians, and I agree that we need to operate under the assumption that they already possess at least one device. My only hope is that we can root out and stop them before they attack.

The lesson of 9/11 is that the danger is clear and present, and our response must be swift and aggressive. I have never been a "doomsday" kind of thinker, but today American culture as we know it is at stake.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Regarding the so called dirty bomb. There are technical problems with this kind of device. The material wrapping the explosive is constantly giving off radiation, enough to sicken or kill the people who are assembling or transporting the device. If you shield it to protect them, the device is to big and unwieldy.

The only way this is feasible is as a small, one man (or woman these days) 'suicide' device. The 'islamic warrior' would die in the process of delivery.

On the other hand, I would hope that by now the highest levels of the US government are making clear to ALL the arab governments that any attack that can be traced to them will be answered 1000 times over.

[angcat]

we should have done it first...................they will get us first ........................as usual we will suffer because we have to appease everyone else but our own country..........................

[Thud]

This is not breaking news. Congressman Weldon has been peddling this for months. It is his way of getting his name in the papers. Please stop reposting his PR.