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15 Jul 2004 07:56:49 PM |
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al-Qaeda and Bin Laden have publicly proclaimed their goal to kill "4 million Americans." |
al-Qaeda and Bin Laden have publicly proclaimed their goal to kill "4
million Americans."
A new book written by a former FBI consultant claims that al-Qaeda not only
has obtained nuclear devices, but also likely has them in the U.S. and will
detonate them in the near future. These chilling allegations appear in
"Osama's Revenge: The Next 9/11: What the Media and the Government Haven't
Told You," by Paul L. Williams (Prometheus Books).
Williams claims that al-Qaida has been planning a spectacular nuclear attack
using six or seven suitcase nuclear bombs that would be detonated
simulantaneously in U.S. cities. You can get this book by Going Here Now.
"They want the most bang for the buck, and that is nuclear," Williams told
NewsMax.
"I expect such an attack would come between now and the end of 2005," the
author said.
In addition to writing several books on terrorism, Williams, an
investigative journalist, has worked as an FBI consultant.
Williams' contention is not far from what U.S. intelligence believes, a
source close to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has told NewsMax. The
source said Ridge claimed that U.S. intelligence believes terrorists already
have smuggled into the U.S. actual atomic devices, as opposed to so-called
"dirty nukes" that simply are conventional bombs that help spread radiation.
The Bush administration has warned for years that terrorists pose a nuclear
threat to America.
"It is not a question of if....it is a question of when," so claims the
author of a controversial new book "Osama's Revenge: The Next 9/11: What the
Media and the Government Haven't Told You," (Prometheus Books).
Williams says his "intelligence" concludes the most likely means of attack
would come in the form of a so-called "suitcase (size) tactical nuclear
bomb."
"The chatter that everyone is referring to is coming from the nest in
Pakistan, a virulent nest in Iran, the chatter is all about nukes being
here....the best bang for the buck is nuclear, they (al-Qaeda) know that."
Such bombs are estimated to have an explosive strength of approximately "10
kilotons" and could weigh less than 35 pounds.
"With today's technology and the Internet, an experienced person could
easily assemble such a bomb in his home garage," Williams explained.
A bomb of that strength could easily level Manhattan and spread lethal
radiation throughout the NYC-Metro area says the author. "It (the nuke)
could render Manhattan unlivable for 1,000 years," he estimated.
According to Williams, several of the "suitcase nukes" are already inside
the U.S. Some may have been smuggled in overland from Canada or Mexico, or
shipped from overseas via container ships, he explained.
Another, more ominous method, was a throwback to the Cold War era.
Williams, quoting Russian military officials, says Moscow secretly slipped
into the continental U.S. several suitcase nukes to be activated in case of
the breakout of hostilities with Washington.
Today, Williams says many of those "sleeper" nukes remain in place because
some in the Kremlin still believe a conflict with the U.S. is possible.
The author insists that Al Qaeda has "thousands" of sympathizers and
numerous sleeper cells in the United States ready to carry out new attacks
when given the OK.
Among the cities Williams says are vulnerable include: New York, Chicago,
Washington, Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas, Valdes, Alaska (oil
pipelines-shipping) and Rappohoneck County, VA.
Why a Small County in Rural Virginia?
Williams says it is the home of the underground command center the White
House would move to in the event of war.
The author refers to recent comments made by Vice-President ***** Cheney as
verification the nuclear threat from Osama Bin Laden is real.
He also points out that al-Qaeda and Bin Laden have publicly proclaimed
their goal to kill "4 million Americans."
Why 4 Million?
Williams claims that Bin Laden estimates that U.S. policy in the Mid-East
and in Eastern Europe have resulted in the deaths of 4 million followers of
Islam.
The author is at a loss as to explain why the White House has not taken more
definitive actions.
"I cannot figure out why they (the Bush administration) have not done more
to address the threat. Maybe they don't know how or hope nothing will
happen."
He also blasts the U.S. mass media for not reporting the "problem:"
"With the exception of Fox News, the problem has received or little or no
attention, despite comments from the Vice-President of the United States.
Maybe they just don't understand what it is going on."
Williams says such nukes made it onto the black market after the collapse of
the Soviet Union (1991) and during the following decade when Pakistan (with
the assistance of China and North Korea) exploded its first atomic bombs.
Flush with cash from his secret Afghan/Pakistan poppy/heroin operations,
Osama Bin Laden had the funds not only to buy such weapons, but the
technicians and scientists needed to maintain and transport them as well.
Williams says his intelligence estimates that Bin Laden could actually
possess "10 or more" of the suitcase nukes.
Recent reports from the Central Intelligence Agency could not confirm that
such nukes may have been stolen, but could not discount the possibility.
Last month, the U.S. Dept. of Energy secretly removed a stache of highly
radioactive materials from Iraq citing "security concerns." Washington would
not disclose where in the U.S. the atomic materials were moved to, but did
insist they were now in a highly secured location.
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| User: "Docky Wocky" |
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| Title: Re: al-Qaeda and Bin Laden have publicly proclaimed their goal to kill "4 million Americans." |
15 Jul 2004 08:04:15 PM |
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Well, Hanoi Johnny said Osama and his al-Queda club appear to have very
reasonable goals and he and his new pal, Johnny Edwards, are very anxious to
have a frank discussion with any representatives Osama might care to send
over to see them.
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