To: E. Charters who wrote (79111 ) 11/10/2001 7:33:27 AM From: d:oug Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116753 Alas Chatters, make the enemy eat Porky Pig pork & beans then might we receive in unkind fashion the following. good news, bad news If terrorist are unable to get that suitcase-sized nuclear bomb then an all bite with no bark as in mushroom cloud is easy. Experts Worry About Radiological Bomb, Crude But Deadly Device is Most Feared Nuke By JIM KRANE .c The Associated Press NEW YORK (Nov. 10) - Among terrorist weapons... ... analysts worry that a crude but deadly device might be fashioned from stolen nuclear material and a few sticks of dynamite. Such a radiological bomb wouldn't yield a nuclear explosion but rather a plume of toxic radiation. ''Had the terrorists at the World Trade Center used a radiological dispersal device, most parts of lower Manhattan [rendered uninhabitable]'' said... Such a bomb requires neither knowledge of physics nor the rigors of smuggling weapons-grade uranium or plutonium. ''It's not that hard to build a radiological bomb since all you have to do is disperse a bunch of radioactive material,'' said... a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Highly radioactive material is stored at over... The nuclear terrorism threat, however remote, remains serious enough for President Bush to describe it in a speech... The radiological bomb is a much simpler matter. Depending on its potency, a contamination-spewing radiological bomb could kill dozens, hundreds, possibly thousands. Its toxic plume could render a square mile or more uninhabitable for a decade or longer. It would cause a huge cleanup and demoralize a city, perhaps a nation.... ''To a terrorist who is trying to create widespread panic, this option is more appealing,'' Rauf said...In the public mind, a radiological device is more terrorizing.'' AP-ES-11-09-01 1003EST Copyright 2001 The Associated Press.