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Nuclear Threat within US Possible (My Title)
FoxNews
| October 30, 2001
Posted on 10/30/2001 6:33:30 AM PST by PrivacyChampion
FOX NEWS just reporting that there is a potential risk of a nuclear terrorist attack against the US, maybe within the Continental borders with a 'dirty nuke' that has been smuggled across the Mexican border.
This is the threat that AG Ashcroft warned about yesterday.
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If this is so, spare no weapon against the Muslim hordes.
To: PrivacyChampion
To: PrivacyChampion
Just the word "nuke" scares me, but what is a "dirty nuke"?
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posted on
10/30/2001 6:37:02 AM PST
by
kassie
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To: PrivacyChampion
If they had it, they would already have used it. They aren't just going to sit on it and risk being discovered and caught.
Richard W.
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posted on
10/30/2001 6:37:59 AM PST
by
arete
To: PrivacyChampion
One could read the seriousness in Ashcroft's face. Gephardt had the same sick look shortly after the first attacks. When politicians drop their PR facade, you know we're in trouble.
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posted on
10/30/2001 6:38:52 AM PST
by
LarryLied
To: Carol-HuTex
Well, forgive me, OH HIGH-BROW ONE.
To: kassie
A dirty nuke is a non-fissible device that spews radioactive material over a wide area. That is, unlike an A-bomb, there is no chain reaction explosion. Instead, a dirty nuke combines conventional explosive with radioactive material. When detonated the radioactive debris is spread over a wide area. It is unlikely to cause large numbers of deaths immediately, but could lead to radiation sickness and increased long term mortality, and would contaminate the affected area.
To: kassie
A "dirty nuke" is a device designed for maximum radioactive fallout (at the expense of yield), as opposed to devices designed for maximum explosive yield/minimum fallout.
To: PrivacyChampion
What would it look like? How big, etc.?
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To: PrivacyChampion
I hope Fox has REALLY good sources for this story...
To: kassie
Here is an excellent thread that explains the types of nukes in great (and easily understood) terms:
Types of Nuclear Weapons
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posted on
10/30/2001 6:42:29 AM PST
by
LeeMcCoy
To: PrivacyChampion
I recall that one of the Al-Queda video tapes last month warned that American's will feel the ground burn under their feet.
Anybody after the exact statement?
To: PrivacyChampion
A "dirty nuke" sounds like a conventional blast set to spread nuclear material around. It is not designed to produce a fission or fusion reaction but to spew out poisonous radioactive material for contamination.
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posted on
10/30/2001 6:43:11 AM PST
by
Credo
To: PrivacyChampion
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posted on
10/30/2001 6:43:36 AM PST
by
MikeJ
To: firebrand
They didn't give a descriptive, other than it apparently may be linked to a car theft in which the 'detonator' was stolen from a Mercedes-Benz and then smuggled through Mexico. I don't know where the vehicle was, maybe Russia. But, that's a guess.
To: PrivacyChampion
Suddenly I'm not very thrilled about living in a large city near Mexico that may be hosting a World Series game or two this weekend....
To: PrivacyChampion
This certainly ups the stakes. To pre-empt this as a possibility our administration might issue a statement that any use of nuclear weapons on Americans would put all cities in terrorist friendly states at risk of non-existence.
To: technochick99
Reiterating: Want to call off trip.
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