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2005-08-09 Terror Networks & Islam

World Net Daily - salt as you please - If al-Qaida has nukes, why wait to use them?

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Posted by 3dc 2005-08-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 That was kind of scary reading that full article... I'm only a young male, didn't really learn much about the cold war or how the Russians supposedly fowarded these nukes into the U.S.. This may sound strange but I enjoyed reading that article, even if it did send a shiver down my spine... Now im going to do some google searches and learn some more about the cold war. Any links people have concerning this would be greatly appreciated as i can never seem to find what i am searching for! EVER !

Posted by Oztralian [AKA] God Save The World 2005-08-09 10:44|| 2005-08-09 10:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Man, this meme just will not die.

The nuclear cores, after a time, fall below the critical mass threshold, say the optimists. Even the shells are subject to contamination over time if not properly maintained, they say.

Only problem with that statement is the they in question aren't a bunch of armchair pundits, they're the guys who know this stuff (scientists, technicians, military). I'm not one of them, but I sure trust them more than some guys trying to sell an alarmist book.

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-08-09 12:23|| 2005-08-09 12:23|| Front Page Top

#3 I listened to Paul Williams on the Michael Savage show. Following the interview, I turned off Michael Savage and haven't looked back.

Posted by eLarson 2005-08-09 14:56|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2005-08-09 14:56|| Front Page Top

#4 My next book is: AQ and the Depression of 2010.

Posted by Shipman 2005-08-09 15:34|| 2005-08-09 15:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Followed by: Making a Mint in the Depression of 2010. In the works are The Era of Low Gravity is Almost Here. I explain why the skeptics can't measure low gravity in Bell Bottoms of the Ancients.

Posted by Shipman 2005-08-09 15:36|| 2005-08-09 15:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Paul Williams? Wasn't he in "Phantom of the Paradise"?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-08-09 15:44|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-08-09 15:44|| Front Page Top

#7 This is excellent niche marketing on these guys behalf. The old let's build a bunker for Y2K crowd needed another reason to prepare for the worst,a and now they have it.

Far fetched, yes, impossible, no, provable-never, now there's the ingredients for a delicious conspiracy casserole.

EP

Posted by ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-08-09 15:47|| 2005-08-09 15:47|| Front Page Top

#8 One of the worst things about this Al Qaeda and the suitcase nukes is that it distracts us from the sort of weapons they really could use.

I wonder if part of the blind spot leading up to 9/11 was intel analysts looking for "big" threats and not considering weapons of opportunity.

Posted by Dreadnought 2005-08-09 16:40|| 2005-08-09 16:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Oztralian,
Try http://www.childrenofthemanhattanproject.org/ for starters.
http://www.strategypage.com/ is good for newer military information. A particularly good site for cold war (and modern) weapons is http://www.fas.org/nuke/ - eg you'll find out what the missile capacity of a Trident submarine is (hint: a lot)

Also, ask questions here, but make sure you've done some initial research - noone likes a leech! :) - there are some very very knowledgeable people here. You'll obviously not get any classified information, but they may be able to put some special context around any questions you may have.

Also, there's an interesting movie called 'Trinity, and Beyond' AKA 'The Atomic Bomb Movie' which details nuke testing from 1945 until about 1963. Gives you some perspective on just how completely devastating these weapons are.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-08-09 17:32|| 2005-08-09 17:32|| Front Page Top

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