Smoke Bomb Goes Off in Phoenix Hotel - Weapons Found
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Al-Qaeda Increases Efforts To Obtain Dirty Bomb
Monday, 24 Nov, 2008 – 1:16 | 6 Comments
Al-Qaeda Increases Efforts To Obtain Dirty Bomb

MI6 has issued a global priority warning to all security services that Islamic terrorists are now closer to obtaining material to create a “dirty bomb” to launch against Western targets.
Osama bin Laden has long made …

A Ticking Radioactive Time Bomb
Wednesday, 3 Sep, 2008 – 0:13 | No Comment
A Ticking Radioactive Time Bomb

Since the end of the cold war, the United Nations has logged more than 800 incidents in which radioactive material has gone missing, often from poorly guarded sites. Who is taking it - and should …

Georgia: Terror Fears Over Whereabouts Of Region’s Nuclear Material
Sunday, 17 Aug, 2008 – 18:59 | No Comment

When the breakaway region of Abkhazia split from Georgia in 1993, the world’s only known case of enriched uranium going missing was reported after up to 2kg of the potentially devastating material was stolen from …

Terror Drill Finds Culprit With Dirty Bomb
Saturday, 16 Aug, 2008 – 21:58 | No Comment
Terror Drill Finds Culprit With Dirty Bomb

It was only a drill, but the scenario was still terrifying. A boat loaded with radioactive materials sailed through New York Harbor Friday. A multiagency task force led by state-of-the-art NYPD boats was assigned to …