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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East?
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To: Scoobah who wrote (1290)12/23/2001 4:20:55 AM
From: Scoobah   of 32591
 
FBI FOCUSING ON PORTABLE NUKE THREAT December 22, 2001

UPI reports: “The leading congressional expert on Russia's small portable nuclear weapons told United Press International that the FBI has stepped up its investigation of whether al Qaida or other terrorist groups have acquired these deadly devices from Russian stockpiles.
Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., chairman of the Research and Development Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, said Tuesday that he was briefed by the FBI late last week and that the investigation of whether terrorist groups have weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear devices, is now a top priority at the bureau after years of indifference.

‘The question is whether or not bin Laden has had access to nuclear material,’ Weldon said. ‘I think it is better than a 50-50 chance that he does.’…”


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