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To: Bucky Katt who wrote (19086)	3/21/2004 11:22:16 PM
From: xcr600	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 48461

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli helicopter gunships fired missiles at Hamas' spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin as he left a mosque before dawn, killing him and at least two bodyguards, witnesses say. A Reuters reporter who rushed to the scene after hearing three loud explosions found the blown-up remains of Yassin's blood-soaked wheel-chair. Witnesses at the mosque said Yassin's body had been evacuated to an unknown location. "The sheikh is dead. The sheikh is dead," sobbed gunmen and Hamas militants who gathered at the scene on Monday. Israel has said it would step up operations to track and kill Islamic militants after a string of suicide bombings, including one at a strategic port last week in which 10 people were killed.

To: Bucky Katt who wrote (19086)	3/21/2004 11:36:57 PM
From: xcr600	Respond to of 48461

Very extensive research on suitcase nukes, their history, terrorism and their security-- cns.miis.edu "Even assuming that some portable nuclear devices were lost, it would be very difficult to use them, and it is almost certain that the features that make portable nuclear devices so dangerous (small size and full-scale nuclear explosion effects) will not be taken advantage of. Information about unusually short maintenance periods for these weapons is probably true, although the extent and the pace of deterioration of nuclear weapons' features cannot be determined from open sources. Since, as it was noted above, the period of greatest risk was in the early 1990s, the stolen devices, if any, have already missed as many as 20 routine component replacement procedures and are probably nearing the end of their service life. Consequently, it is nearly certain that they will be unable to produce the design yield and maybe will not be able to produce any yield at all. Most, if not all, portable nuclear warheads are equipped with some protection devices (e.g., PALs), making their unauthorized use difficult, though not completely impossible"