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To: combjelly who wrote (270427)	1/29/2006 11:09:11 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586141

I've often felt that even terrorists, especially terrorists willing to irradiate themselves and die, could build a gun-type bomb if they could secure enough highly enriched uranium. You can get the basic plan in books or off the internet. serendipity.li The idea is to reach critical mass by firing enough nuke material down a gun barrel into the remaining incomplete critical mass, so the concept is very simple to grasp. Forming the material into a hollow sphere, constructing a hollow sphere of explosive and co-ordinating all the fuses for an implosion-type weapon is orders of magnitude more daunting.

To: combjelly who wrote (270427)	1/29/2006 11:16:50 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 1586141

Top ABC Reporters Hit by IED in Baghdad. ABC's Woodruff injured in Iraq Anchor, cameraman in serious condition By MICHAEL LEARMONTH NEW YORK -- ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and his cameraman Doug Vogt were seriously injured Sunday in an ambush on their convoy outside Baghdad. Both are in serious condition with head injuries and underwent surgery Sunday morning at a U.S. military field hospital. Both were wearing body armor. Woodruff and Vogt were embedded with the 4th Infantry Division and traveling with an Iraqi Army unit in an Iraqi mechanized vehicle when the attack occurred near Taji, Iraq, northwest of the capital. Their convoy, which consisted of both American and Iraqi troops, was hit by an IED -- an improvised explosive device -- and then was attacked by small arms fire. A medical crew rushed the two to an American base in Balad, Iraq. It was unclear how many others were injured or killed in the attack. Woodruff arrived in Iraq on Friday after spending two days in Israel. He was working on a report that was to air on Sunday night. The attack highlights the danger for news personnel in Iraq. Journalist Jill Carrol is still being held hostage there and most journalists travel with extensive security.