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| Feds snag al-Qaeda 'dirty' bomber |
| 2002-06-10 |
| The US government said today it had thwarted an al-Qaida plot to build and detonate a radioactive "dirty" bomb in Washington, DC that could have caused "mass death and injury". The attorney general, John Ashcroft, said today that an alleged al-Qaida terrorist, Abdullah al Mujahir, had been arrested on May 8 as he flew from Pakistan into Chicago's O'Hare international airport. Speaking from Moscow, Mr Ashcroft said al Mujahir, a US citizen also known as Jose Padilla, was in the custody of the US military and being treated as an enemy combatant, suggesting plans for the first military tribunal of an alleged terrorist. "We have disrupted an unfolding terrorist plot to attack the United States by exploding a radioactive dirty bomb," Mr Ashcroft said. A dirty bomb involves exploding a conventional bomb that contains radioactive material. Mr Ashcroft said the government's suspicions about al Mujahir's plans came from "multiple, independent, corroborating sources". I wonder if all the orifices who've been so intent on handing out blame in the past month or two will be as quick to throw rose petals toward Ashcroft and medals and money at the guys who made the snag? I'm for a ticker-tape parade for the whole crew, to include the guys who swept the floors at night after they went home. Followup: Dr Frank has more information on this goober, thereby saving me lots of typing. He then proceeds to slap the Tapped crew for cheap partisan silliness. Couldn't have said it better myself. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |