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To: maceng2 who wrote (9674)	11/10/2001 3:01:09 PM
From: Poet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

An interesting read, to say the least. Glad you found it. Confirms my concern about the UN General Assembly meeting, unfortunately: US security agencies are already on high alert and realise that Al Qaeda can strike in New York again on the occasion of UN General Assembly. Analysis of the recent statements released by Osama bin Laden carried out by US agencies has shown that the terrorist network can pick up an important occasion like the UN General Assembly session to retaliate against US strikes on Afghanistan.

To: maceng2 who wrote (9674)	11/10/2001 3:33:13 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

>>They are said to be in possession of at least 70 capsules, also of Russian origin, containing a very lethal biological agent. Broken in a crowded place, this capsule can cause deaths on a huge scale. It melts human body meat to the bone.<< Oh, that's just silly talk. What "melts human body meat to the bone"? If it's chemical, the reaction itself will neutralize the poison, whether it's acid or base. So even though the people coming in contact with it will be injured, it won't "cause deaths on a huge scale." If it's bacteriological, e.g., "flesh eating" bacteria, it's susceptible to antibiotics. I do worry about some form of toxin, e.g., sarin or tabun, but those won't "melt human body meat to the bone." They're neurotoxins. As is the alleged derivative of snake poison. Nasty stuff, to be sure, quite capable of causing death on a huge scale if deployed at the right time and place.

To: maceng2 who wrote (9674)	11/10/2001 4:19:38 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The weapon identified is small 8-kilogram device that carries at least 2 kg of fissionable plutonium and uranium. Huh.... 16 pounds total weight?? Call me a skeptic... If I recall, our own backpack nukes were over 100 pounds.. (based upon the "Davy Crockett" mini-nuke warhead we built)... If they had working nukes in the US, they would have already used them... imo, rather than relying up airliners. After all, the most difficult part (other than making them work) is getting them into the country. Hawk

To: maceng2 who wrote (9674)	11/10/2001 6:48:51 PM
From: FaultLine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

The investigators have been able to identify at least one briefcase weapon acquired by Al Qaeda from Central Asian rogue groups. this entire piece (and many others like it) depends wholly on one's belief in this statement. And more directly to the point, IMO no one in an official capacity has even acknowledged the very existence of such Soviet/Russian devices. So, if there is such uncertainty as to their existence, then.... --fl