Agree, Jim. Also, when he says he has nuclear weapons, I'm sure what he means is that some of his cells, scattered around the world and acting fairly autonomously, have bought nuclear material (and biological), and can (or have) created a dirty bomb. We know there's enough stuff out there to buy, an arrest was made the other day in Turkey for a guy carrying uranium. There's been numerous reports of other arrests, and those are only the ones we hear about. There's little doubt in my mind that someone, somewhere, has a dirty bomb, and as you say, containers are an easy way to bring it into a harbor. The bomb would have to be covered in lead foil to avoid detection, but that's no big deal.
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I know only a few percent of containers are inspected at the harbor, but what happens after they are offloaded? Are they placed on trucks or rail? When do the contents get inspected, and go through customs? When I lived in Holland, I know I could order goods from overseas, and they got delivered (uninspected) to the city's central post office, where I would have to make a customs declaration. If that's the way it works, why worry about the harbor, just have the bomb delivered downtown and wait for them to notify you that it's arrived. |
