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The International Atomic Energy Agency has declared a "nuclear emergency" over the radioactive material reported missing from Nigeria this week. The agency says that they are viewing it as a "stretegic theft," which is to say that the material was taken with nefarious purposes in mind. Baer reports that this very likely means dirty bombs.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A radiation sensor inside a cell phone was used with a network of tiny computers spread out around Vanderbilt Stadium on Thursday to detect a fake radioactive "dirty bomb." The experiment was a test of a system that could represent a leap forward in homeland security technology, said researchers from Vanderbilt University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory who have been working jointly on the project. On Thursday they set their equipment up in the stadium press box and watched as a red dot moved across their computer screens. The dot represented the real-time movements of researcher Janos...

Undercover investigators slipped radioactive material _ enough to make two small "dirty bombs" _ across U.S. borders in Texas and Washington state in a test last year of security at American points of entry. Radiation alarms at the unidentified sites detected the small amounts of cesium-137, a nuclear material used in industrial gauges. But U.S. customs agents permitted the investigators to enter the United States because they were tricked with counterfeit documents. The Bush administration said Monday that within 45 days it will give U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents the tools they need to verify such documents in the...

Homeland Security Uses Nevada Site to Test Machines That Detect Nuclear Devices, 'Dirty Bombs' NEVADA TEST SITE, Nev. - The scientists stood waiting for a read-out from a hand-held Geiger counter-type machine placed next to a large corrugated metal shipping container. During the test at the Radiological-Nuclear Countermeasures Test and Evaluation Complex in the Nevada desert, the equipment failed to identify the plutonium in the container. On a second try, it worked. Beyond the checkpoints, fences and armed guards, Homeland Security scientists here are working on a $33 million program to perfect devices that can more accurately detect nuclear devices...

Ghost Town Busters After a dirty-bomb attack, special formulations could counter radioactive contamination Peter Weiss It's a lot easier to make a mess than to clean one up. This fact of life has lately become fraught with dire possibilities. Suppose the mess is radioactive? Suppose it was created by terrorists wielding a dirty bomb, an explosive laced with a radioactive substance such as uranium or cesium? What then? Reach for a bottle of Radiation-Be-Gone? Unfortunately, such a cleaning products doesn't exist. In the past few years, however, several U.S. government agencies have quietly focused a small research effort on developing...

White House Releases Information On Al-Qaida Plots 3 Foiled Attacks Aimed At Targets Inside U.S. POSTED: 9:00 am EDT October 6, 2005 UPDATED: 11:22 pm EDT October 6, 2005 WHITE HOUSE -- The White House has released information about 10 al-Qaida plots that President George W. Bush says the U.S. and its allies have foiled in the last four years. Three plots cited were in the United States. They included plans to use hijacked airplanes to attack both the West and the East coasts. The third involved plans to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" in a U.S. city. Also, the...

WASHINGTON – Saying "the chance that an overt or covert terrorist attack involving radioactive materials will occur is an unfortunate reality in the United States today," the Centers for Disease Control is putting a new emphasis on preparing the public and health-care professionals for nuclear terrorism. Amid extensive resources published prominently on the CDC website is a new two-page brochure that can be printed titled, "Radiological Terrorism: Emergency Management Pocket Guide for Clinicians." The brochure was posted yesterday. "CDC would play a key role in protecting the public health during and after an emergency involving radiation or radioactive materials," the...

NEW evidence of Osama Bin Laden’s attempts to acquire radioactive material for a “dirty bomb” has been revealed by an aide to the Al-Qaeda leader. In a book to be published shortly, the insider shows that Bin Laden bowed to pressure from hawks within the terror group’s leadership to buy the material through supporters in Chechnya. He had initially been cautious about such a dramatic increase in its armoury. It is the first time that such a senior Al-Qaeda figure has revealed the internal tensions and debates within the group, and shows it was far less unified than had been...

The Lawrence Livermore labs have developed a cell phone-intended for general issue to police officers and selected first responders-which can detect radiation in the areas they cover during normal patrol duties. A GSP device is built in,and,when the cell phone detects a radioactive source, it "phones in" to a central reporting area,telling it where the suspicious material was found. The Livermore invention is quite a bit larger than a typical cell phone,and considerable thought would have to be given to deployment,as projected cost is $1000. per unit. It is a bit less sensitive than existing devices,but a lot cheaper to...

<p>NEW YORK — Terrorists may not be able to make a functional atomic bomb, but they can acquire enough radioactive material to kill civilians and create panic with hybrid weapons, the United Nations' top nuclear regulatory body warned yesterday.</p> <p>These so-called "dirty bombs" are made by spiking a conventional explosive with low-level radioactive material obtained from the black market or even stolen from hospitals, dumps or factories. These weapons don't pack the punch of a nuclear weapon, but the psychological toll and contamination they wreak would be considerable, said officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).</p>

Written by: Patriot’s Team One of the most important people of the CIRKA, a radical Islamic organization, which was founded by terrorists Osama Bin Laden and Shah Omar Abdal Rakhman in order to fully control the Bosniak political and military head by the power of money, is Senad Sahinpasic Saja, a prewar vegetable-monger, who acquired a wealth thanks to close connections with the Izetbegovic family. His fortune is measured by hundreds of millions of KM. Sahinpasic did not acquire such a huge fortune by selling watermelons, but by trading with weaponry and robbing money donations, which were sent by Islamic...

New Drugs Approved To Treat Radiation From Dirty Bombs POSTED: 4:23 pm EDT August 11, 2004 WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved two new products designed to combat possible health problems in the event someone sets off a so-called "dirty bomb." The products are pentetate calcium trisodium injection (Ca-DTPA) and pentetate zinc trisodium injection (Zn-DTPA), both approved for treating certain kinds of radiation contamination. Acting FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford told The Associated Press the products would speed up elimination of radiation from the body. And the faster the treatment, the better the chances of avoiding future health...

(Source: Land Line Magazine) Workers at the Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, VT found 2 "missing" nuclear fuel rods-right where they were supposed to be. A small "media storm" had erupted in April,when nobody could pinpoint the whereabouts of the 2 spent fuel rods: very probably because a tanker truck had vanished in Pennsauken,NJ,and two lots of Rheocrete- a product which can, when combined with the proper chemicals,be converted into an explosive - had been stolen. "Ah-hah !", the Media screamed."All the ingredients for a dirty bomb have been stolen! We're doomed !" Some of the channels showed graphics...

U.N. Didn't OK Uranium Transfer to U.S. 40 minutes ago By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS - The United States didn't have authorization from the U.N. nuclear watchdog when it secretly shipped from Iraq (news - web sites) uranium and highly radioactive material that could be used in so-called "dirty bombs," U.N. officials said Wednesday. The nearly 2 tons of low-enriched uranium and approximately 1,000 highly radioactive items transferred from Iraq to the United States last month had been placed under seal by the International Atomic Energy Agency at the sprawling Tuwaitha nuclear complex, 12 miles south...

<p>ABDUL QADEER KHAN, NUCLEAR SCIENTIST, PAKISTAN: It pains me to realize in retrospect, that my entire lifetime achievement of providing foolproof national security to my nation, could have been placed in serious jeopardy on account of my activities, which were based in good faith, but on errors of judgment, related to unauthorized proliferation activities.</p>

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Terrorists have the will and some of the expertise to make a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapon, and are "doing everything they can" to acquire the materials, the U.S. State Department's top anti-terror official said in an interview with The Associated Press. Cofer Black, U.S. ambassador at large for anti-terrorism, said al-Qaida is still dangerous even though more than two-thirds of its leaders from the time of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks have been killed or arrested. Speaking at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Jakarta on Saturday, Black said he and other U.S. officials are...

<p>Nuclear, Bio, Chemical Weapons Threat Against US Fed Source Calls Threat "Credible"</p> <p>8 December 2003-- Communications found on a elusive jihad web site suggests attacks against New York City, Washington and Las Vegas in the US, and London in the UK. A detailed communications suggesting the spread of weaponized anthrax in New York through disbursement from the air (skyscraper) and the placement of "dirty bombs" in New York and the other cities mentioned were furnished to federal authorities. The federal contact termed the threat "credible" and stated that various other foreign intelligence agencies identified the same or similar communications and reported the same to DHS authorities. No specific information concerning the timing of this event was found.</p>

WASHINGTON — Federal investigators have documented 1,300 cases of lost, stolen or abandoned radioactive material inside the United States over the past five years and have concluded there is a significant risk terrorists could cobble enough together for a dirty bomb.

WASHINGTON - Despite tightened security, terrorists still have a "very significant" chance of obtaining enough radioactive ingredients to create a dirty bomb, federal investigators conclude. AP Photo This finding arises from studies that document more than 1,300 disappearances of radioactive materials in the United States over the past five years. Most have been recovered, but some losses remain unsolved. "The world of radiological sources developed prior to recent concerns about terrorism, and many of the sources are either unsecured or provided, at best, with an industrial level of security," a report written by the Energy Department's Los Alamos lab concluded....

The reality of dirty nukes Posted: May 27, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern By Tom Marzullo © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Following all of the news and commentaries these days about "dirty bombs" and government efforts to interdict smuggling of nuclear materials, one would begin to think that this is the actual situation of our risks from these devices. But you would be absolutely, dead wrong. Having more than a bit of practical expertise in the various aspects of these matters, I will try to enlighten you. To do this one must begin to understand the situation of a guerrilla /terrorist. First off, the idea...