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2011-08-24 Terror Networks

Material to make nuclear dirty bomb remains in Libya

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-08-24 05:29|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Seeking to mend ties with the West, Libya's Muammar Gaddafi agreed in 2003 to abandon efforts to acquire nuclear, chemical and biological weapons

Yet in 2009 Gaddafi used HEU which was still in his possession to extort further concessions from the West.

Immediately after 9/11 Gaddafi was scared of the West. When it became obvious that this fear was baseless Gaddafi emulated the Norks.

He took what was his according to the agreements but he ignored his own obligations.

And why shouldn't he? Gaddafi openly sided with the Iraqi insurgency by allowing his own daughter to participate in Saddam's defense, and this act of defiance was not rebuked by the Bush administration in any way.

After 2001 Gaddafi was a rational actor, cautiously and carefully probing for Western weaknesses. And provocative weakness he found, unfortunately.

Posted by Slins Gonque3904 2011-08-24 07:57|| 2011-08-24 07:57|| Front Page Top

#2 May explain the recently announced Hezbollah enthusiasm for the rebels.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-08-24 10:43|| 2011-08-24 10:43|| Front Page Top

#3 I reckon just about any hospital would have enough material to make a nuclear *dirty* bomb.

Posted by bernardz 2011-08-24 11:13|| 2011-08-24 11:13|| Front Page Top

#4 I reckon just about any hospital would have enough material to make a nuclear *dirty* bomb.

Yes. If something like the therapeutic radiation source that caused the Goiania accident was dispersed over a wider area by conventional explosives that would qualify as a "dirty bomb."

I'm worried about actual nuclear weapons material or blueprints that Gaddafi might have 'forgotten' to surrender to the US per his rehabilitation agreement.

Posted by Slins Gonque3904 2011-08-24 17:59|| 2011-08-24 17:59|| Front Page Top

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