Global Security Officials Warn Of Dirty Bomb Threat

The warning continues that it’s still not a question of if, but of when…

Security officials warn that terrorists are trying to obtain radioactive materials to construct a “dirty bomb” and have called on countries around the globe to intensify efforts to stem the illicit traffic in nuclear bomb-making materials.

“Since 2001, there have been several attempts to obtain radiological material for use in a ‘dirty bomb,’ ” said William Nye, director of counter-terrorism and intelligence at Britain’s Home Office.

He noted that in the investigation codenamed Operation Rhyme, eight terrorists were convicted for planning attacks on buildings in the United Kingdom and the United States. Besides planning to blow up limousines packed with gas cylinders and explosives, the cell’s members “were considering using a radioactive bomb,” he recently told an international conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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