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2003-01-31 Terror Networks

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Posted by Paul 2003-01-31 12:01 pm|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 To quote Charile Brown,"Good Grief!" Interesting times, likely to get more interesting.....Lord Help Us....

Posted by Rifle308 2003-01-31 10:22:11|| 2003-01-31 10:22:11|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm not too sure where the surprise that seems to be associated with the "dirty bomb" idea is coming from. Making one wouldn't be a technological marvel. There are only two ingredients: the bomb and the dirt. Pashtuns in the NWFP and Paleostinians who're affiliated with Hamas keep bombs in their underwear drawers, just in case, so the only "real" problem in building one is getting the "dirt" - material sufficiently radioactive as to produce some sort of harm.

Qaeda was great friends with the Pak Ummah Tameer e-Nau, a "charity" run by Sultan Bashir-ud-Din Mehmood and Abdul Majid, who worked for Pakistan's Atomic Energy Commission until retiring in 1999. They're also good buddies with various Pak physicians, who would also have access to radioactive materials used in cancer treatments. There are also their close friends in or associated with the ISI, like retired Gen. Gen. Hamid ("It's not that difficult to obtain a SUITCASE-size nuclear weapon. Just the thing for retaliation against London or New York.") Gul, who would be glad to help in any exercise against the Great Satan. The only surprise is that they haven't managed to detonate one, if only in Pakland or Paleostine.

Posted by Fred 2003-01-31 12:17:01|| 2003-01-31 12:17:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Perhaps the reason we haven't seen the hundreds of thousand Al Queda trainees attacking in droves is that most of them were secret agents from around the world checking out the training camps. Just a bizarre thought.

Posted by Yank 2003-01-31 13:03:41|| 2003-01-31 13:03:41|| Front Page Top

#4 "...he lived in a house on Montague street with five hippies and a dog, and four of them (including the dog) were working for the FBI..."

Posted by mojo 2003-01-31 14:35:27|| 2003-01-31 14:35:27|| Front Page Top

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