| Sketches and calculations to make a helium-powered balloon bomb filled with anthrax have been found in the Kabul office of an NGO headed by Bashiruddin Mehmood, one of the two Pakistani nuclear scientists detained in Islamabad for questioning on alleged links with Osama bin Laden. Such a balloon bomb was capable of showering anthrax over areas as vast as New York or Washington DC. The premises belonged to the Ummah Tameer-e-Nau, whose president was Mehmood. Mehmood, along with Abdul Majid (another scientist) were detained again in Islamabad for questioning. |