[section9]

Curt Weldon. Nice guy. Never stole a freight train. But he's peddling complete bollocks.

The ragheads would have used the nuke in New York or D.C. on the 11th to decapitate as much of the financial/governmental apparatus as possible.

They don't have it. Not yet. But they will.

Unless we kill them first.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[glock rocks]

i think vaporizing mecca would be a nice first gesture. hit it
on a relatively empty day. ho hum. consider the ramifications...
compared to nagasaki, i think the message would be immediate.

hey, war ain't pc.

[Spook86]

Well stated...as an ex-Spook (retired from the game BEFORE 9-11), I never saw any convincing evidence that Al Qaeda had built a dirty radiation bomb (please don't call it a nuke, it's not a true nuclear device), let alone smuggled one inside the U.S.

However, from a security standpoint, you've got to assume workcase, given bin Laden's strong interest in such a weapon. And, don't forget, there's a bureaucratic element at work here, too. What better way to get more funding for your anti-terrorism program that to tell an influential member of Congress that Al Qaeda has built a dirty bomb and has already smuggled it into our country.