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To: Ilaine who wrote (121433)	9/13/2001 7:14:52 AM
From: Moominoid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Remember that the plane that crashed in PA was heading for Washington too. It was likely going for the Capitol. Pakistan who are the founders and true masters of the Taliban have nuclear weapons. IMO this network has largely self destructed itself inside the US for the moment. But if there is a severe US attack on Afghanistan or Pakistan then the nuclear option could come into play...

To: Ilaine who wrote (121433)	9/13/2001 8:20:16 AM
From: KyrosL	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

>>we need to start rolling up all organizations in possession of nuclear bombs and material capable of being used in nuclear bombs, and destroying every lab with the capability of making nerve gas and biological war materials. CB, this is virtually impossible. Much harder than the war on drugs, IMO. The key potential source of nuclear weapons are the former Soviet Union's "loose nukes." It has been repeatedly reported that many of them are missing. Some were stationed in the new Asian countries curved out of the Soviet Union, with Islamic populations very sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. Others have perhaps fallen in the hands of the Russian Mafias, whose backbones consist of agents of the former KGB. There is no question in my mind that the only answer is a solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, acceptable to both sides. This will involve large American contributions to the security of Israel as well as economic development support (call them bribes) to all involved. These costs are trivial to what awaits us if we continue on the present course of "hands off the Middle East."