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The Nuclear Bible: Nuclear Terror Books Intro: The way that fiction/faction represents reality is absolutely stunning, especially regarding books on nuclear terrorism. Books On Nuclear Terrorism:  1991: The Sum Of All Fears 2001:  Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War On America 2002:  The New Face Of Terrorism: Threats From Weapons Of Mass Destruction 2002:  American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among  2003: Islam: America's Trojan Horse 2004:  Terror Tracker: An Odyssey Into Pure Fear 2004:  Nuclear Terror: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe 2004:  Osama’s Revenge: The Next 9/11 2005: The Al Qaeda Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime And The Coming Apocalypse 2005: King Of The Bombs 2005: Countdown To Terror: The Top Secret Information That Could Prevent The Next Terrorist Attack On America...And How The CIA Has Ignored It  2005: The Four Faces Of Nuclear Terrorism 2006:  Dunces Of Doomsday: 10 Blunders That Gave Rise To Radical Islam, Terrorist Regimes, And The Threat Of An American Hiroshima 2006:  Countering Terrorism And WMD: Creating A Global Counter-Terrorism Network 2007:  The Day of Islam: The Annihilation of America And The Western World.  2007:  The Nuclear Jihadist: The True Story Of The Man Who Sold The World's Most Dangerous Secrets...And How We Could Have Stopped Him 2008: The Challenge Of Nuclear Terror 2008: Will The Terrorists Go Nuclear? 2009:  One Second After 2009:  The American Hiroshima: Osama's Plan For A Nuclear Attack, And One Man's Attempt To Warn America 2009:  Atomic Obsession:  Nuclear Alarmism From Hiroshima To Al Qaeda 2010:  The Overton Window It all started, fictionally of course, in the Sum of All Fears, where the nuke and the Super Bowl were forever intertwined.  Title: The Sum of All Fears (Fiction) Date: 1991 Publisher: Putnam Author: Tom Clancy Abstract: The Sum of all Fears is a geopolitical thriller written by Tom Clancy. The plot describes a group of Muslim extremists terrorists from Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine that come across a lost nuclear bomb . They eventually manage to recover it and construct their own version using th e plutonium as fissile material with the help of a disenfranchised East German physicist named Manfred Fromm. With Fromm's expertise, the group is able to enhance the weapon and turn it into a thermonuclear device.  The terrorists decide to use the weapon at the Super Bowl in Denver, Colorado. The terrorists' goal is to start a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union (Wikipedia, 2010).

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The Nuclear Bible: Nuclear Terror Books

Intro: The way that fiction/faction represents reality is absolutely stunning, especially regarding books on nuclear terrorism.

Books On Nuclear Terrorism: 

1991: The Sum Of All Fears

2001: Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War On America

2002: The New Face Of Terrorism: Threats From Weapons Of Mass Destruction

2002: American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among 2003: Islam: America's Trojan Horse

2004: Terror Tracker: An Odyssey Into Pure Fear 

2004: Nuclear Terror: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe

2004: Osama’s Revenge: The Next 9/11 

2005: The Al Qaeda Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime And The Coming Apocalypse

2005: King Of The Bombs

2005: Countdown To Terror: The Top Secret Information That Could Prevent The Next Terrorist Attack On America...And How The CIA

Has Ignored It  

2005: The Four Faces Of Nuclear Terrorism

2006: Dunces Of Doomsday: 10 Blunders That Gave Rise To Radical Islam, Terrorist Regimes, And The Threat Of An American

Hiroshima

2006: Countering Terrorism And WMD: Creating A Global Counter-Terrorism Network 

2007: The Day of Islam: The Annihilation of America And The Western World.  

2007: The Nuclear Jihadist: The True Story Of The Man Who Sold The World's Most Dangerous Secrets...And How We Could Have

Stopped Him

2008: The Challenge Of Nuclear Terror 

2008: Will The Terrorists Go Nuclear? 

2009: One Second After 

2009: The American Hiroshima: Osama's Plan For A Nuclear Attack, And One Man's Attempt To Warn America

2009: Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism From Hiroshima To Al Qaeda

2010: The Overton Window

It all started, fictionally of course, in the Sum of All Fears, where the nuke and the Super Bowl were forever intertwined. 

Title: The Sum of All Fears (Fiction)Date: 1991Publisher: PutnamAuthor: Tom Clancy 

Abstract: The Sum of all Fears is a geopolitical thriller written by Tom Clancy. The plot describes a group of Muslim extremists

terrorists from Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine that come across a lost nuclear bomb. They eventually manage torecover it and construct their own version using the plutonium as fissile material with the help of a disenfranchised East German physicistnamed Manfred Fromm. With Fromm's expertise, the group is able to enhance the weapon and turn it into a thermonuclear device. The

terrorists decide to use the weapon at the Super Bowl in Denver, Colorado. The terrorists' goal is to start a nuclear war between theU.S. and the Soviet Union (Wikipedia, 2010).

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Title: Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War On America (Non-Fiction)

Date: September 24, 2001Publisher: Prima LifestylesAuthor: Yossef Bodansky 

Abstract: The Saudi millionaire militant Osama Bin Laden and Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) have struck a deal under

which the so-called Mujaheddin will carry out spectacular terrorist strikes'' in the heart of India in return for the ISI's support,protection and sponsorship, according to a new book on the world's most-wanted terrorist. The deal, solidified in Spring 1998, enables the

ISI to strike in India while denying any involvement, says Yossef. The book also makes a stunning allegation: The ISI, in cahoots with

the so-called Mujaheddin, sponsors, supports and trains terrorists throughout the world from centers in Afghanistan and Pakistanfor operations in the Middle East, India (not just Kashmir), and increasingly, western Europe (Bodansky, 2001).

Title: The New Face Of Terrorism: Threats From Weapons Of Mass Destruction (Non-Fiction) Date: June 1, 2002 

Publisher: I. B. Tauris 

Author: Nadine Gurr, Benjamin Cole 

Abstract: This revised edition is a comprehensive account of the technological and political possibilities and dangers presented by

weapons of mass destruction in the wake of September 11th, 2001. The technical and organizational sophistication of the attacks onSeptember 11th heralds a new era in the age-old war against terrorism. After these attacks, attention became focused on the activities andcapacities of Islamic extremist groups, such as Osama bin Laden‘s al-Qa‘eda organization, but the reality is that terrorist threats could comefrom almost any quarter (Gurr & Cole, 2002).

Title: American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among (Non-Fiction)Date: January 29, 2002Publisher: Free PressAuthor: Steven Emerson 

Abstract: Emerson shows how the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has grown an extensive network in the United States, how the groupIslamic Jihad set up shop at the University of South Florida, and how an Islamic center in Tucson helped recruit two of Osama bin Laden'stop deputies. He also provides circumstantial evidence that bin Laden himself once applied for an American visa--"even the possibility istantalizing, and chilling," he concludes. He urges Americans to fight back, but worries that time is short. The United States government is

actively monitoring terrorist cells affiliated with Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network in eleven cities, from Florida to Boston to

Denver to Houston. But al Qaeda is hardly our only threat. Hamas, formed in 1987, was run by top Palestinian officials in America fromits earliest days, and has tentacles in Texas, California, New Jersey, Virginia, and Illinois (Emerson, 2002).

Title: Islam: America's Trojan Horse (Non-Fiction) Date: February, 2003Publisher: Freedom PublicationsAuthor: Don Boys 

Abstract: Dr. Don Boys tells the hard truth about Islaam and how America has been blind sighted by it in many ways. He explains howpolitical correctness in dealing with this Islamic terror issue may very well be America's downfall as they plot their attack from within! Notfor the squeamish in heart or closed minded reader (Boys, 2003).

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Title: Osama’s Revenge: The Next 9/11 (Non-Fiction)

Date: June 1, 2004Publisher: Prometheus Books 

Author: Paul L. Willaims 

Abstract: The plot outlined in this lurid exposé is a frightening one: Osama bin Laden has nuclear weapons lots of them and is

preparing to use them to create "an American Hiroshima." Williams, a journalist, former FBI consultant and author of The VaticanExposed: Money, Murder and the Mafia, contends that bin Laden has purchased of dozens low-yield Russian "suitcase" atomic bombs

and gotten his hands on enough weapons-grade uranium to build Hiroshima-sized 10-kiloton devices, and that one nuclear device

may already have been smuggled into America. Contrary to the subtitle, Williams relies heavily on media reports to flesh out the arch-terrorist‘s nuclear intrigues, detailing bin Laden‘s lucrative heroin trafficking operations, his ties to the Chechen mafia and to

Pakistani nuclear scientists, and his network of thousands of sleeper agents in the United States. He criticizes the Clinton and Bushadministrations for inept attempts to apprehend bin Laden, but offers little advice on what to do. As if to heighten readers‘ anxiety, Clark reprints several al-Qaeda manifestoes calling down destruction on America and includes a lengthy treatise on the devastation an

atom bomb would wreak on lower Manhattan. He doesn‘t tie up all the loose ends in this hasty treatment; on the question of why, if ithas nukes, al-Qaeda hasn‘t yet used them, he can only assume that bin Laden is patiently awaiting the perfect moment for a

multiple-target strike. But after 9/11, alarmist scenarios have to be taken seriously, and the disquieting evidence Clark has amassedprovides a useful reminder of the gravest threat in the war on terror (Williams, 2004).

Title: Nuclear Terror: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe (Non-Fiction)Date: August 9, 2004 

Publisher: Times Books 

Author: Graham Allison 

Abstract: A founding dean of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, Allison applies a long, distinguished career ingovernment and academia to this sobering indeed frightening presentation of U.S. vulnerability to a terrorist nuclear attack. While hebegins by asserting such an attack is preventable, the balance of his text is anything but reassuring. Allison begins by describing the

broad spectrum of groups who could intend a nuclear strike against the U.S. They range from an al-Qaeda with its own ManhattanProject to small and determined doomsday cults. Their tools can include a broad spectrum of weapons, either stolen or homemade fromraw materials increasingly available worldwide. Once terrorists acquire a nuclear bomb, Allison argues, its delivery to an American targetmay be almost impossible to stop under current security measures. The Bush administration, correct in waging war against nuclearterrorism, has not, he says, yet developed a comprehensive counter strategy. Arguing that the only way to eliminate nuclear terrorism's

threat is to lock down the weapons at the source, Allison recommends nothing less than a new international order based on no

insecure nuclear material, no new facilities for processing uranium or enriching plutonium and no new nuclear states. Chemical weaponscan kill in the thousands. Over the same area, a football-sized nuclear packet could kill half a million. With Iran and North Korea

joining the fray, Russia‘s massive supplies, and Pakistan‘s black market, we‘re in Big Trouble (Allison, 2004). 

Title: Terror Tracker: An Odyssey Into Pure Fear (Non-Fiction)Date: September 8, 2004Publisher: Mainstream PublishingAuthor: Neil Doyle 

Abstract: Terror Tracker chronicles the extraordinary experiences of an investigative journalist who set out to penetrate the internalworkings of al-Qaeda and illuminate the murky world of international terrorism. Neil Doyle's journey began in 1993, with anassignment to report on the first bombing of the World Trade Center in New York. That experience led him to resolve to abandon his job asa news editor in favor of investigating terrorism full-time. Doyle twice managed to locate the exact whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, anddespite opposition from figures in the world of espionage, he went on to uncover al-Qaeda's plans to use chemical, biological, and

nuclear weapons against Western targets. Terror Tracker lifts the lid on the unseen battles being waged between al-Qaeda computerhackers and their Western counterparts (Doyle, 2004).

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Title: The Four Faces Of Nuclear Terrorism (Non-Fiction)Date: June 14, 2005 

Publisher: RoutledgeAuthor: Charles D. Ferguson, William C. Potter 

Abstract: Assesses the motivations and capabilities of terrorist organizations to acquire and use nuclear weapons, to fabricate anddetonate crude nuclear explosives, to strike nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities, and to build and employ radiological weaponsor "dirty bombs" (Ferguson & Potter, 2005).

Title: King Of The Bombs (Fiction)Date: July 16, 2005Publisher: Author House 

Author: Sheldon Filger 

Abstract: King Of The Bombs is a chilling novel about nuclear terrorism plotted by Al-Qaeda. Nuclear terrorism is the greatest threat to

the United States since Al-Qaeda launched attacks on September 11, 2001 . Nuclear terrorism poses the greatest threat to humancivilization. Surprisingly, the U.S. government does not focus on the threat of nuclear terrorism to the same degree of other nationalsecurity issues. King Of The Bombs is not only a terrifying novel about Al-Qaeda; Osama bin Laden and nuclear terrorism; it presents achilling warning about the realistic danger of nuclear terrorism in an age of global nuclear proliferation. King Of The Bombs reads fromtoday's headlines, with a plot involving Iran's nuclear program. North Korea and the international nuclear weapons black market

converging with Al-Qaeda and its plan to detonate a massive nuclear warhead in a major American city. What are the odds thatnuclear terrorism will occur in our lifetime? A leading expert on the threat of nuclear terrorism has stated that the odds that Al-Qaeda willinitiate nuclear terrorism in the United States within the next five years are higher than fifty percent. King Of The Bombs is not only a novelabout nuclear terrorism; it is also a thriller with a warning about a nightmare that can actually happen, unless public opinion demands from

political leadership that the horror of nuclear terrorism launched by Al-Qaeda with other followers of Osama bin Laden berecognized as the nation's greatest national security threat (Filger, 2005).

Title: Countdown To Terror: The Top Secret Information That Could Prevent The Next Terrorist Attack On America...And How The CIA

Has Ignored It (Non-Fiction)Date: July 25, 2005 

Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Inc 

Author: Curt Weldon 

Abstract: If someone knew when and where the next major terrorist attack was to be to take place against America, wouldn't theUS intelligence community want to know about it? In Countdown to Terror, US Congressman Curt Weldon, proves that "Ali," aninformant with access to the minutes of the most secret Iranian councils does have details about many plots against the US. In fact, he hasoutright predicted - days, weeks, or months in advance - numerous terrorist plots that were actually carried out our thwarted at the lastminute. Still, the CIA, the DIA, the NSA, and the FBI in the US have all repeatedly refused to listen to him, even going as far as to threatenhim for his communications with Congressman Weldon. "Ali" now warns of an even greater threat than the 11th of September 2001 -

a plot called "The 12th Imam" - which the US intelligence community must act upon, or face catastrophic consequences.

From The Inside Flap: Could the next September 11 be nuclear? This is no theory, says Congressman Curt Weldon, in his shockingnew book Countdown to Terror. It is a fact as real as the arrest of Muslim terrorists who planned to crash a plane into the Seabrook

nuclear power plant in New Hampshire in 2004. What‘s even more stunning, Congressman Weldon tried to warn American intelligenceabout the attack but no one in America‘s intelligence community would listen. How did Congressman Weldon know about it? Because of a secret source, an intelligence contact code-named Ali who has been a treasure trove of reliable intelligence intelligence that, despiteCongressman Weldon‘s strenuous efforts, has been routinely ignored by the CIA and the rest of America‘s intelligence services. But inCountdown to Terror, Congressman Weldon lets you know what the CIA doesn‘t want to know. You‘ll learn, straight from Ali‘s actualreports: · Why Iran will decide the next terror strike on America · How a major planned terror strike was called off because the terroriststhought it would help President Bush politically · Why Iran, not al Qaeda, is the command post of radical Islamic terror · Who isundercutting American efforts to create a peaceful, stable Iraq · Why Iran is like the Soviet Union in the 1980s: extremely dangerous, theiron glove behind all our enemies yet on the verge of internal collapse · The Iranian nuclear program: red-hot and more advanced thanyou think Congressman Weldon‘s sharing of vital intelligence with you, the reading public, is unprecedented. But it is necessary so that the

American people can be informed and pressure our government to do what needs to be done to protect our country, fix our still brokenintelligence services, and win the war on terrorism. Countdown to Terror is a frightening book but it is all true. And if we act

now, we can avoid its grimmest scenarios (Weldon, 2005). 

Title: The Al Qaeda Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime and the Coming Apocalypse (Non-Fiction)Date: September 6, 2005Publisher: Prometheus Books 

Author: Paul L. Williams 

Abstract: Williams explores the shocking dimensions of the international terrorist threat to Americans. Williams reveals persuasiveevidence that al Qaeda has now established connections with the Sicilian Mafia, which is helping to finance terrorism through the sale of Number Four heroin, the present drug of choice in Europe and the United States. In addition, through its ties to the Chechen Mafia, thegroup responsible for the heinous attack on a Russian school, al Qaeda has managed to obtain nuclear weapons from poorly secured

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and carelessly guarded storehouses in Russia. Perhaps the most disturbing evidence uncovered by Williams is the relation of al Qaeda toan obscure Salvadoran street gang, which calls itself Mara Salvatrucha and has expanded exponentially. In exchange for big money, thisviolent group of anarchic thugs has smuggled weapons of mass destruction and sleeper agents across the Mexican border onto

American soil, or what they refer to as the land of the "Great Satan." No other book deals with the connection between international,extremist Islamic terrorism and organized crime a connection that has made possible the establishment of a well-financed branch of alQaeda in Latin America and the creation of terrorist cells in major metropolitan areas throughout the United States. Williams convincingly

demonstrates that by means of this network Bin Laden is now in a position to execute his dream of an American Hiroshima, an

apocalyptic act of mass murder within the borders of the United States. Though vigorously working to prevent such an attack, many

military experts and security officials concede the probability of nuclear terrorism in America, perhaps in the immediate future.

But the most disturbing news is that high level U.S. officials now believe at least some of those weapons have been smuggled into theU.S. for use in the near future in major cities as part of this "American Hiroshima" plan, according to an upcoming book .According to Williams, former CIA Director George Tenet informed President Bush one month after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that

at least two suitcase nukes had reached al-Qaida operatives in the U.S. "Each suitcase weighed between 50 and 80 kilograms

(approximately 110 to 176 pounds) and contained enough fissionable plutonium and uranium to produce an explosive yield inexcess of two kilotons," wrote Williams. "One suitcase bore the serial number 9999 and the Russian manufacturing date of 1988. The

design of the weapons, Tenet told the president, is simple. The plutonium and uranium are kept in separate compartments that are linkedto a triggering mechanism that can be activated by a clock or a call from the cell phone." According to the author, the news sent Bush

"through the roof," prompting him to order his national security team to give nuclear terrorism priority over every other threat toAmerica. However, it is worth noting that Bush failed to translate this policy into securing the U.S.-Mexico border through which the

nuclear weapons and al-Qaida operatives are believed to have passed with the help of the MS-13 smugglers. He did, however, orderthe building of underground bunkers away from major metropolitan areas for use by federal government managers following an at tack. Bin

Laden, according to Williams, has nearly unlimited funds to spend on his nuclear terrorism plan because he has remained in controlof the Afghanistan-produced heroin industry. Poppy production has greatly increased even while U.S. troops are occupying the country, hewrites. Al-Qaida has developed close relations with the Albanian Mafia, which assists in the smuggling and sale of heroin throughout

Europe and the U.S. Some of that money is used to pay off the notorious MS-13 street gang between $30,000 and $50,000 for each sleeperagent smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico. The sleepers are also provided with phony identification, most often bogus matricula consularID cards indistinguishable from Mexico's official ID, now accepted in the U.S. to open bank accounts and obtain driver's licenses.According to Williams' sources, thousands of al-Qaida sleeper agents have now been forward deployed into the U.S. to carry out

their individual roles in the coming "American Hiroshima" plan. Bin Laden's goal, according to the book, is to kill at least 4

million Americans, 2 million of whom must be children. Only then, bin Laden has said, would the crimes committed by America on theArab and Muslim world be avenged. There is virtually no doubt among intelligence analysts al-Qaida has obtained fully assembled

nuclear weapons, according to Williams. The only question is how many. Estimates range between a dozen and 70. The breathtaking

news is that an undetermined number of these weapons, including suitcase bombs, mines and crude tactical nuclear weapons, have

already been smuggled into the U.S. – at least some across the U.S.-Mexico border. The future plan, according to captured al-Qaida

agents and documents, suggests the attacks will take place simultaneously in major cities throughout the country – including NewYork, Boston, Washington, Las Vegas, Miami, Chicago and Los Angeles. "Terrorists have carte blanche to carry practically anythingthey want across our national line at this time," he said. "As ordinary citizens have warned this government for years, the only

surprising part about the new information reported here is that nothing apocalyptic from Mexican-border weapons trafficking has

yet happened. Terrorism has reared its ugly head in London again these past few days, and as we know all too well we are notimmune in this country. At this point, the next attempt to attack America at home is just a matter of 'when,' not 'if.' And our unsecured

borders have surely contributed to this threat – yet our government officials continue to fiddle while our nation's margin of security and safety burns away. The president and Congress had better wake up before they have to answer for another devastatingterrorist incursion on our own soil‖ (Williams, 2005).

Date: September 3, 2005 

Source: World Net Daily, Ryan Mauro 

Title/Headline: Paul Williams Details 'American Hiroshima'  

Abstract: Paul L. Williams is a former consultant to the FBI on organized crime and terrorism. Since then, he has become an award-winning investigative journalist and written several books. In his new book, "The Al Qaeda Connection," he claims Osama bin Laden

has obtained nuclear weapons and smuggled them into the U.S. through Mexico for use in a plot known as "American Hiroshima." 

Ryan Mauro: Much has been written about the "American Hiroshima" report. How did you firstlearn about the plot?

Paul Williams: I have a unique background. I hold a Ph.D. in philosophy from Drew University and Iam a seasoned and award-winning journalist. I came upon the story of bin Laden's acquisition

of tactical nuclear weapons while working as the editor/publisher of The Metro and a

consultant on organized crime for the FBI. Several members of the Chechen Mafia, who hademigrated to Little Odessa, muscled into the operations of the Bufalino Crime Family in

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Northeast Pennsylvania by selling choice No. Four heroin, guns of every description, and stolenhigh-end cars from New York and New Jersey . I learned that they came to the U.S. after

Makhmud and his associates sold tactical nukes and nuclear materials to Osama bin Laden

and Ayman al-Zawahiri. I began to search for evidence of this sale and came upon stories inThe Jerusalem Report and The London Times and Arab stories in Muslim magazines, Al-Watanal-Arabi and al-Majallah This led me to other sources and reports of further sales of nukes

from the former Soviet Union to al-Qaida not only by the Chechens but also the RussianMafia and black-marker arms-dealers, including Semion Mogilevic from the Ukraine . Suchinformation can be obtained by any journalist with a telephone, a computer, and a library card. I

further learned that the sales to al-Qaida have been verified by a host of intelligence officials andweapons inspectors, including Hans Blix, former director general of the UN's InternationalAtomic Energy Agency. The sales were even verified by bin Laden and al-Zawahiri in their

pronouncements that they have obtained a small arsenal of nuclear weapons from black-market sources. My research took me farther into dealings between bin Laden and Dr. A. Q.

Khan and the fact that over 20 nuclear scientists and technicians from Khan's research

laboratories in Pakistan worked with al-Qaida on a regular basis to maintain and modify

the weapons that had been purchased and to develop other weapons from the highlyenriched uranium and plutonium that bin Laden hade purchased from Uzbekistan and othercountries. Dr. Mahmood and Dr. Majeed, two of the leading officials at the Khan facility,

confessed to CIA and ISI interrogators that they participated in al-Qaida's nuclearprojects. The fact that the Chechens possessed the nukes should be no surprise to any reporter orinvestigator. In 1995, the Chechens under Com. Shamail Basayev planted a radiological bomb inIzmailovsky Park near Moscow . The bomb was made of cesium-137, and, if detonated, wouldhave killed thousands of Russians. This incident represented the first case of a nuke to be

deployed as a weapon of terror. Later that same year, Dzokhar Dudayev, the leader of theChechen Mafia, offered to sell his collection of nuclear weapons to the United States in exchangefor U. S. recognition of Chechnya 's independence. The Clinton Administration declined and sothe weapons were sold to al-Qaida. More importantly, there is empirical proof that al-Qaida

possesses nukes. In 2000, British agents posed as recruits from a London mosque to infiltrate al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan . In Herat , they saw nuclear weapons being manufactured.Similarly, an al-Qaeda operative was arrested at the checkpoint at Ramallah with a weapon

strapped to his back. At first, Israeli intelligence thought that the weapon was a

radiological bomb but later confirmed, as reported by Richard Sales of UPI and other

reputable journalists, that it was a tactical nuke. There are more examples, including thecanister of uranium 238 that U.S. military officials discovered in a lead canister in Kandahar atthe outset of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Ryan Mauro: How come other terrorism experts, Steven Emerson for example, haven't warned us

about the plot? In other words, why does it seem so out of the mainstream?

Paul Williams: Few military and intelligence officials question bin Laden's ability to launch his plan forthe American Hiroshima. Gen. Eugene Habiger, former Executive Chief of Strategic

Weapons at the Pentagon, said that an event of nuclear mega-terrorism on U. S. soil is "nota matter of if, but when." During the 2004 presidential debates, President Bush and Sen. Kerrysaid that nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists represent the greatest danger facing theAmerican people, while Vice President Cheney, on the campaign trail, warned that a

nuclear attack by al-Qaida appears imminent. Before leaving office, Attorney General JohnAshcroft and Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge both voiced that belief that al-Qaida's planto nuke cities throughout the country soon might come to fruition. From the private sector,Warren Buffet, who establishes odds against cataclysmic events for major insurance companies,concluded that an imminent nuclear nightmare within the United States is "virtually a

certainty." From the academic community, Dr. Graham Allison, director of HarvardUniversity's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, said: "Is nuclear mega-

terrorism inevitable? Harvard professors are known for being subtle or ambiguous, but I'll

try to the clear. 'Is the worst yet to come?' My answer: Bet on it. Yes." Finally, from themainstream media, Bill Keller, editor of The New York Times, concluded that the only reasonfor thinking a nuclear attack won't happen is because "it hasn't happened yet," adding that suchreasoning represents "terrible logic." And so, Ryan, the message has been delivered but few arelistening. Emerson's importance as an analyst pales in comparison to that of Michael Scheuer, of the CIA and author of "Imperial Hubris," who was in charge on "the Alec file," the CIA's file onbin Laden. On Nov. 14, 2004 , Scheuer appeared on "60 Minutes" to alert the American people £that a nuclear attack by al-Qaida "is pretty close to being inevitable."

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Ryan Mauro: In your upcoming book, "The Al-Qaeda Connection," you write that former RussianKGB and Spetsnaz operatives maintain bin Laden's nuclear arsenal. When were they hired andhow do we know they are capable of such a monumental task?

Paul Williams: Bin Laden and al-Zawahiri began recruiting former Spetsnaz technicians circa 1997. By 1999, a host of such technicians(along with nuclear scientists from China ) were working at al-Qaida laboratories in Afghanistan and Pakistan. By 2000, al-

Qaida also secured the help of scientists and technicians from the A. Q. Khan Research Facility in Pakistan , including the

assistance of Khan himself. On Sept. 11, 2001, when the attack was taking place in America , bin Laden and companywere meeting with Dr. Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, former Chairman of Pakistan's Atomic Energy Commission, and

Dr. Chaudry Abdul Majid, chief technician for the A. Q. Khan Facility, to discuss the maintenance and deployment of al-Qaida'snuclear arsenal. When the CIA confiscated records from Ummah Tameer E-Nau ("Islamic Reconstruction"), Dr. Mahmood'sbogus charity in Kabul , they discovered evidence from Mahmood's computer that at least one al-Qaida nuke had been

forward deployed to the U.S. from Karachi in a cargo container. After interrogating Mahood and Majid, CIA officialsdiscovered that more than a score of scientists and technicians from the A. Q. Khan Facility worked on a daily basis to develop,upgrade, and maintain the al-Qaida nuclear arsenal. Almost all of these scientists have escaped from Pakistan to avoid arrest. U.S. officials have been denied permission to interrogate Dr. Khan, even though we know that he provided nuclear technologyand designs for atomic bombs not only to Libya , Iran and North Korea, but also Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Sudan, Nigeria, Brazil,Egypt, Malaysia, Indonesia, Algeria, Abu Dhabi and Myanmar. In Myanmar , for example, Dr. Sulieman Asad and Dr.Mohammad Ali Mukhtar are building a 10-megawatt nuclear reactor while still providing help and expertise to the al-Qaidanetwork. It's a hellava situation and the press is not reporting it.

Ryan Mauro: Do you have any information on what the U.S. and its friends are doing to try to stop the plot?

Paul Williams: On Oct. 11, 2001 , George Tenet, former CIA director, met with President Bush to inform him that at least twotactical nukes have reached al-Qaida operatives in the U.S. This news was substantiated by Pakistan 's ISI, the CIA andthe FBI. In accordance with this discovery, the Bush administration deployed hundreds of new and sop histicated Gamma RayNeutron Flux Detector sensors to U.S. borders, overseas facilities and "choke points" around Washington, D.C. Theadministration further assigned Delta Force, the elite special operations detachment unit of the U.S. Army, the task of killing ordisabling any or all suspects. Such measures have proved to be ineffective. Richard L. Wagner, senior staff member at the LosAlamos National Laboratory, testified before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on the Prevention of Nuclear andBiological Attack that the currently installed radiation detection systems are highly limited in their capabilities and, in general,insufficient to the task. To add to the problem of insecurity, the borders remain almost completely porous and less than 10percent of the freight that arrives at major ports (including New York/New Jersey) is inspected.

Ryan Mauro: Where is the WMD arsenal now that Afghanistan is occupied?

Paul Williams: The nuclear weapons were not contained solely in Afghanistan. Al-Qaida laboratories were established in the

Balkans, Sudan, Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and even places like Myanmar. A number of these weapons have beenforward deployed to Mexico and the U.S. My educated guess would be that arsenals have been established in several of thefollowing countries: Pakistan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia, Abu Dubai, Iran, Syria and Lebanon. The last three in light of the al-Qaida truce and bonding with Hezbollah. Myanmar looms large since very sinister events aretaking place there. These events, including the construction of large reactors, have been made possible by fugitive scientists andtechnicians from the Khan Research Facility. But don't lose sight of the fact that nukes have been forward deployed to al-

Qaida cells in Canada, Mexico and the U.S.

Ryan Mauro: Why haven't the weapons been used already? One can't help but think that the best time to use the weapons would have beenduring the invasions of Afghanistan or Iraq .

Paul Williams: The worst time for al-Qaida to use its nuclear weapons would have been during the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraqwhen the U.S. remained on high alert. A defining characteristic of bin Laden is patience. His favorite Islamic verse is as follows:"I will be patient until Patience is outworn by patience." He started plotting the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya

and Tanzania when he was in the Sudan in 1993; the attack of the USS Cole was more than two years in the making and eightyears passed between the first attack on the World Trade Center and the second. The planned American Hiroshima is

enormous in scope. It requires not only development and (in some cases) rebuilding of the weapons along with

codification for detonation but also forward deployment, site preparation and precise strategic coordination withscattered cells. Bin Laden will not allow the attack to take place unless there is certainty of success. His entire resources(including the gains from the poppy fields) have been spent on this operation. After scrutinizing the situation and analyzing thedata, Bill Keller, editor of The New York Times, said that the "best reason" for thinking that the nuclear attack by al-Qaida willNOT happen is because "it hasn't happened yet," adding this conclusion represents "terrible logic." I agree with him.

Ryan Mauro: Is there any indication of when Bin Laden intends to use the arsenal?

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Paul Williams: Bin Laden can't sit on these weapons for years. They require constant maintenance. At any given time, a tactical nukeexudes a temperature in excess of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This means that they are prone to oxidation and rust. Moreover, thetriggers that emit large quantities of neutrons at high speeds decay rapidly and have short half-lives – most would become uselesswithout maintenance in less than four months. The nuclear cores also are subject to decay and over the course of several yearswould fall below the critical mass threshold. Though the shells that encase the cores are the most durable parts of the weapons,they, too, are subject to contamination. The tritium used to compensate for the required amount of conventional explosives tocompress the fissile core within the compact devices is less of an issue since it has a half-life of 12.3 years. Taking all things

into consideration, the attack should occur within the very near future. The bombs which bin Laden began building in

1992 are for the American Hiroshima.

Ryan Mauro: Given the heat and radiation given off by the nuke, couldn't it be detected?

Paul Williams: Richard L. Wagner, senior staff member at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and one of the founders of the Departmentof Energy's Nuclear Emergency Search Team, recently told Congress that major breakthroughs in the ability of the U.S .government to locate rogue nukes may be five years away. Wagner, a Ph.D. whose specialty is radiation detection, testified thatbetter technology and more radiation detention devices are needed to stop the nuclear terrorist threat. "Currently installed

radiation detection systems, or systems which could be procured in quantity in the next year or two, are quite limited intheir capabilities and, in general, are insufficient for the task," he testified. "Substantial research and development is neededto improve detection capabilities." A nuclear gun bomb that could be fired from a 155 millimeter recoilless rifle could be

packed in the small container, stuffed into the truck of a car or van and transported into any major metropolitan city

within the U.S. without detection. That's the fact of the matter. Other weapons could be transported by private plane to anymajor airport. Less than 25 percent of the freight on private planes is inspected let alone subjected to radiation detection. Tocomplicate matters, the ports of entry (such as the airports) are now controlled by the Albanian Mafia. The Albanians have taken

over the operations of the Italian-American crime families and have become, according to the FBI, the leading criminalorganization in the U.S. The Albanians, as you know, are Muslims with ties to radical Islam and, through the KLO, al-Qaida.

Ryan Mauro: I have trouble believing that teams required to maintain a nuclear weapon wouldn't be detected here in the U.S.

Paul Williams: There isn't just one team but, at least, seven. They are working within mosques and Islamic centers. In the U.S., a federaljudge will not provide any FBI or law enforcement agent with a warrant to search a mosque of an Islam center for any reasonsince such places are listed as "houses of worship."

Ryan Mauro: Seven teams?

Paul Williams: At least seven teams, according to information obtained from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other al -Qaida operatives, inat least seven metropolitan areas. These areas have been identified as New York, Miami, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles,

Chicago and Washington, D.C. The attack will occur simultaneously at the seven sites.

Ryan Mauro: How do you know you can trust what Khalid Sheikh Mohammad said? In the past, he's given us bogus information, some of which led to orange alerts. Some say he and other al-Qaida operatives are waging a disinformation campaign meant to dull oursenses.

Paul Williams: No, you can't trust Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, but you can trust the information that was obtained from his laptopwhen he was arrested on March 1, 2003.

Ryan Mauro: Will Bin Laden use them on the American homeland or also forces overseas and countries that have joined the war onterrorism?

Paul Williams: They are not for use in the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Iraq or Afghanistan . The declaration of war was issued

against the United States and al-Qaida insists that over 4 million Americans must die for the sake of parity. They are intent upon

realizing this objective and the doomsday clock by all reckoning is very near midnight (Mauro, 2005).

Title: Nuclear Terrorism After 9/11(Adelphi Series) (Non-Fiction)Date: March 16, 2006Publisher: RoutledgeAuthor: Robin M. Frost 

Abstract: The very mention of nuclear terrorism is enough to rouse strong reactions, and understandably so, because it combines the mostterrifying weapons and the most threatening of people in a single phrase. The possibility that terrorists could obtain and use nuclearweapons deserves careful analysis, but discussion has all too often been contaminated with exaggeration, even hysteria. For example, it hasbeen claimed that nuclear terrorism poses an ‗existential threat‘ to the United States. This Adelphi Paper develops a more measuredanalysis of the risk of terrorists detonating a true fission device. The problem is attacked from two perspectives: the considerable, possibly

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insurmountable, technical challenges involved in obtaining a functional nuclear weapon, whether ‗home-made‘ or begged, borrowed or stolen from a state arsenal; and the question of the strategic, political and psychological motivations to ‗go nuclear‘. The conclusions are

that nuclear terrorism is a less significant threat than is commonly believed, and that, among terrorists, Muslim extremists are not

the most likely to use nuclear weapons (Frost, 2006). 

Title: Dunces of Doomsday (Non-Fiction)Date: April 6, 2006Publisher: WND BooksAuthor: Paul L. Williams 

Abstract: Williams identifies the enemy as Islam, a religion boasting 1.4 billion adherents, with an army of ―untold millions‖ that has ―threatened Western civilization for fourteen hundred years.‖ Islam has ―amassed nuclear weapons‖ and seeks parity with the death of 

four million Americans   ―two million of whom must be children.‖ Islam, Williams notes, has defeated the Soviet Union inAfghanistan and the United States in Somalia and Lebanon (Williams, 2006).

Title: Countering Terrorism And WMD: Creating A Global Counter-Terrorism Network  (Non-Fiction)Date: October 30, 2006

Publisher: RoutledgeAuthor: Peter Katona, John P. Sullivan, Michael D. Intriligator

Abstract: This volume shows us that in order to deal with today‘s Fourth Generation asymmetric warfare by terrorist groups using

conventional arms and weapons of mass destruction, we need a new ‗global networked‘ approach. The contributors examine thevarious attempts that have been made to counter the latest wave of terrorism, including the US strikes against Afghanistan and Iraq,President George W. Bush's declaration of a ‗war against terrorism‘, the creation of the US Department of Homeland Security, and the 9/11Commission. Drawing from our experience with ‗Terrorism Early Warning‘ and the co-production of counter-terrorism intelligence, thisbook explains the need for such a network and shows how it could be formed. It compiles the opinions of experts from clinical medicine,public policy, law enforcement and the military. These expert contributors identify the nature of a global counter-terrorism network, showhow it could be created, and provide clear guidelines for gauging its future effectiveness (Katona, Sullivan, & Intriligator, 2006) 

Title: The Day Of Islam: The Annihilation Of America And The Western World (Non-Fiction)Date: May 22, 2007 

Publisher: Prometheus Books 

Author: Paul L. Williams 

Abstract: Williams reveals the underlying narrative of news updates on terrorist activity, tying isolated acts to bin Laden's overallstrategy to carry out an "American Hiroshima." Among profiles of purported Al Qaeda supporters (including Venezuela's Hugo Chavezand Brazil's Lula de Silva), Williams examines interesting items like bin Laden's alleged location(a small village in Pakistan's NorthwestFrontier); Al Qaeda's purchase of a nuclear "suitcase bomb," a Soviet leftover; and the role of Pakistan's Interservice Intelligence in

the beheading of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl (allegedly investigating nuclear trafficking between Al Qaeda and aPakistani scientist). Though absorbing, Williams' approach reduces the proponents of Islamic jihad to violent, irrational stereotypes ratherthan exploring their worldview. A noteworthy guide to the workings of Islamic terrorism, this volume's colorful style obscures its seriousintent (Williams, 2007).

Title: Deception: Pakistan, The United States And The Global Nuclear Weapons Conspiracy (Non-Fiction)Date: September 1, 2007Publisher: Atlantic BooksAuthor: Adrian Levy & Catherine Scott-Clark  

Abstract: "Deception" exposes the terrifying truth about the proliferation of nuclear weapons amongst the rogue states andterrorist organizations which now threaten to destabilize the entire world. This book is essential reading for fans of Seymour Hersh,Richard Preston, Mark Bowden, and Jason Burke. On 15 December 1975, A. Q. Khan - a young Pakistani nuclear scientist working inHolland - stole top secret blueprints for a revolutionary new process to arm a nuclear bomb. His original intention was to provide for

Pakistan a counter to India's ongoing pursuit of an atomic bomb. But over time that ambition mushroomed into a vast nuclear

black market sanctioned by Pakistan's military elite - financed by aid money from the United States, Saudi Arabia and Libya, as

well as boundless assistance from China. They secretly sold weapons to Iran, North Korea, and many others - with the clear knowledgeof the American government, for whom Pakistan was a crucial buffer against the Soviets and now an ally in the 'war on terror'. Successive

US Administrations conducted a deliberate cover-up: destroying intelligence, lying to Congress and the West about Pakistan's

capability, and facilitating the spread of the very weapons we vilify the 'axis of evil' powers for coveting and dread Is lamic

terrorists obtaining (Levy & Scott-Clark, 2010).

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Title: The Nuclear Jihadist (Non-Fiction)Date: December 3, 2007Publisher: Twelve 

Author: Douglas Frantz, Catherine Collins 

Abstract: In tackling the story of Pakistani nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan, Frantz and Collins are entering a crowded field. As Adrian Levyand Catherine Scott-Clark did in Deception, this husband-and-wife team divides attention between Khan's influence over Pakistan's

nuclear program and how the American government ignored evidence of his progress because Pakistan served as a convenient ally .While much of this story is familiar, Frantz and Collins do provide more detail on Khan's background and draw on several different U.S.

sources. (They reveal, for example, that the State Department discussed assassinating Khan as far back as 1978.) They also give thePakistani government more benefit of the doubt than most other commentators: an internal corruption investigation ordered by PervezMusharraf shortly after he became Pakistan's president is interpreted as suggesting that Khan's dealing with nations like Libya and Iranmight not have been sanctioned by his government (Frantz & Collins, 2007). 

Title: Will The Terrorists Go Nuclear? (Non-Fiction)Date: September 23, 2008 

Publisher: Prometheus Books 

Author: Brian Michael Jenkins 

Abstract: A leading expert on terrorism and a senior adviser at the RAND Corporation, Jenkins addresses the contentious issue of nuclearterror in this exhaustive study that seeks to separate what we fear from what we might reasonably expect. The author traces the debate overnuclear terror from the Cold War to its contemporary nexus with al-Qaeda, noting that 9/11 renewed all the old debates and significantlyaltered our perceptions of what was plausible. Furthermore, the Bush administration's saber-rattling and the relentless media coverageexaggerated the threat and left the nation intentionally terrified. While acknowledging al-Qaeda's efforts to obtain nuclear weapons,

Jenkins points out that the evidence confirms... ambition, not capability or the knowledge to fabricate a nuclear device. Finally, theauthor invites the reader to assume the role of president in a frightening scenario that begins with a nuclear blast in Manhattan. Jenkins'sambitious goal seems to be not to downplay the nuclear threat posed by terrorists but to get Americans to address it logically anddispassionately; his thoroughly documented and carefully reasoned study is an important step in that direction (Jenkins, 2008).

Title: The Challenge Of Nuclear Terror (Non-Fiction) Date: September 30, 2008

Publisher: Knowledge World InternationalAuthor: Sitakanta Mishra 

Abstract: Explores the nuances of the global discourse in the light of the emergence of non state actors with an expressed interest in WMDterrorism. This book looks into the details of the phenomenon of nuclear terrorism (Mishra, 2008).

Title: One Second After (Fiction) Date: March 17, 2009Publisher: Forge BooksAuthor: William R. Forstchen

Abstract: In this entertaining apocalyptic thriller from Forstchen, a high-altitude nuclear bomb of uncertain origin explodes,

unleashing a deadly electromagnetic pulse that instantly disables almost every electrical device in the U.S. and elsewhere in theworld. Airplanes, most cars, cellphones, refrigerators all are fried as the country plunges into literal and metaphoric darkness. Historyprofessor John Matherson, who lives with his two daughters in a small North Carolina town, soon figures out what has happened. Aided bylocal officials, Matherson begins to deal with such long-term effects of the disaster as starvation, disease and roving gangs of barbarians.While the material sometimes threatens to veer into jingoism, and heartstrings are tugged a litt le too vigorously, fans of such classics asAlas, Babylon and On the Beachwill have a good time as Forstchen tackles the obvious and some not-so-obvious questions the apocalypsetends to raises (Forstchem, 2009).

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Title: Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism From Hiroshima To Al Qaeda (Non-Fiction)Date: November 5, 2009Publisher: Oxford University Press 

Author: John E. Mueller 

Abstract: The explosion of a single atomic bomb capable of destroying a few city blocks is taken to portend the demise of the entirecity, the economy of the country, the country itself, the modern state system, civilization, the planet. Armageddon and apocalypsehave continuously been found to be looming just over the horizon. Disaster has also been envisioned as the inexorable result if morecountries obtain nuclear 2 weapons. Before China obtained its bomb, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency prophesied that, with

that event, nuclear war would become "almost inevitable." Moreover, the rate at which new countries would obtain the weapons hasalmost always been wildly off the mark. It was in 1960, for example, that a presidential candidate insisted that there might be "ten, fifteen,twenty" countries with a nuclear capacity by 1964. In 1964 itself a high level committee asserted that the world was fast approaching apoint of no return on this. And for decades, prominent analysts have prophesied that Germany and Japan would necessarily soon getnuclear weapons. Declamations like that very much continue to this day. If Iran or North Korea gets a nuclear weapon, we are repeatedlytold, the result will be a proliferation cascade (or epidemic or wave or avalanche), and the result of that would be a nuclear war or, in thewords of the esteemed, and imaginative, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, "the beginning of the end of our civilization."There is, a recent think tank report suggests, "something approaching a consensus" among "both in and out of government," tha t we are

"on the verge of a new nuclear age" where there will be more nuclear weapons states and a much greater chance the weapons willbe used. In result, the continuously discredited "nightmare vision" of the 1960s, in the words of another alarmed analyst, "still holds."Following on this grand legacy of impending doom, there has been a particular fixation since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001,on the potential for a terrorist atomic bomb, and politicians of all stripes preach to an anxious and very numerous choir when they

proclaim this to be the single most serious threat to the security of the United States or, for that matter, of the world. Among thosedeeply concerned about that possibility is Governor Thomas Kean, chair of the 9/11 Commission, who has confessed that what keeps himup at night is "the worry of a terrorist with a nuclear device in one of our major cities." Bill Keller of the New York Times has

complained about a similar disorder: after finishing a long article about nuclear terrorism for that newspaper's magazine entitled "NuclearNightmares," he remained boldly determined not to evacuate Manhattan but, he admitted, "neither am I sleeping quite as soundly." Like

Kean and Keller, FBI Director Robert Mueller reportedly wakes up in the middle of the night worrying about an al-Qaeda nuclear

strike. Indeed the affliction seems general. Defense Secretary Robert Gates maintains that, when asked what keeps them awake at night,every senior leader declares it to be "the thought of a terrorist ending up with a weapon of mass destruction, especially nuclear." Inthe case of the FBI Director, there are other worrying symptoms as well: it is carefully reported that there are "dark circles under his eyes"from thinking about the prospect, and when he utters the words, "nuclear device," he "knits his brow and clenches his teeth" even as his lefteyebrow lifts "like an arrow poised in midflight." Similarly, Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, formerly a top investigator at the CIA, ranks

himself among the many who consider the atomic terrorist to be an "existential" threat, and he, too, reportedly can't sleep because

he is convinced al-Qaeda is "looking for uranium," that it "could build a Hiroshima-size bomb," and that "we'd never see it

coming." The third part of the book examines the atomic terrorist nightmare that has become so pervasive since 9/11, anexpression of the atomic obsession that has not only caused widespread sleep disorders, but has inspired protective and policingexpenditures that are likely to prove substantially excessive. Actually, it is not all that clear that any terrorist groups actually really

want the weapons or are remotely capable of obtaining them should the desire to do so take hold of them. The evidence of a desireon al-Qaeda's part to go atomic and of any progress in accomplishing this exceedingly difficult task is remarkably skimpy, if notcompletely negligible, while the scariest stuff--a decade's worth of loose-nuke rumor and chatter and hype--seems to have no

substance whatever. Because of a vast array of organizational and technical hurdles, the likelihood that terrorists will be able tobuild or acquire an atomic bomb is vanishingly small. Despite the substantial array of threats regularly issued by al-Qaeda (the onlyterrorist group that may envision attacks on the United States to be desirable), and despite the even more substantial anguish these threatshave inspired in their enemies, the terrorist group's capacity seems to be quite limited. One reason for al-Qaeda's remarkably low activity inthe last years is that 9/11 proved to be substantially counterproductive from al-Qaeda's standpoint; indeed, with 9/11 and subsequentterrorist acts, the group seems mainly to have succeeded in uniting the world, including its huge Muslim portion, against its violent globaljihad. Any threat presented by al-Qaeda is likely to fade away in time, unless, of course, the United States overreacts and does

something to enhance its numbers, prestige, and determination--something that is, needless to say, entirely possible. The existentialbombast suggesting that the United States will destroy itself in response to an atomic explosion encourages the most diabolical andmurderous terrorists to investigate the possibility of accomplishing the task. In the end, then, it appears that, whatever their impact on

activist rhetoric, strategic theorizing, defense budgets, and political posturing, nuclear weapons have had at best a quite limitedeffect on history, have been a substantial waste of money and effort, do not seem to have been terribly appealing to most states that do nothave them, are out of reach for terrorists, and are unlikely materially to shape much of our future (Mueller, 2010).  

Title: The American Hiroshima: Osama's Plan For A Nuclear Attack, And One Man's Attempt To Warn America (Non-Fiction)Date: November 24, 2009Publisher: iUniverseAuthor: Dr. Hugh Court 

Abstract: Do you really think Osama bin Laden is done with America? Are you ready for the next 9/11? Help stop Osama binLaden's plan for a devastating nuclear attack on multiple American cities in the very near future. Two thirds of Americans believe

Osama bin Laden will strike America again, and this time it will be nuclear. Guess what? They are right! Find out how Iran is aidingand abetting Osama's nuclear plan. Learn how you can help stop Osama's horrible attack, or, if we can't stop it, at least learn how to preventdeadly radiation sickness. The American Hiroshima: Osama bin Laden's Plan for a Nuclear Attack, and One Man's Attempt to

Warn America is the most important book on the imminent terrorist threat facing America. To save your nation, and protect yourfamily, you must read this book today! (Court, 2009).

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Title: The Overton Window (Faction)Date: June 15, 2010Publisher: Threshold EditionsAuthor: Glenn Beck  

Abstract: A plan to destroy America, a hundred years in the making, is about to be unleashed . . . can it be stopped? There is apowerful technique called the Overton Window that can shape our lives, our laws, and our future. It works by manipulating public

perception so that ideas previously thought of as radical begin to seem acceptable over time. Move the Window and you change thedebate. Change the debate and you change the country. For Noah Gardner, a twentysomething public relations executive, it's safe to saythat political theory is the furthest thing from his mind. Smart, single, handsome, and insulated from the world's problems by the wealthand power of his father, Noah is far more concerned about the future of his social life than the future of his country. But all of that changeswhen Noah meets Molly Ross, a woman who is consumed by the knowledge that the America we know is about to be lost forever. She and

her group of patriots have vowed to remember the past and fight for the future--but Noah, convinced they're just misguided

conspiracy-theorists, isn't interested in lending his considerable skills to their cause. And then the world changes. An

unprecedented [Nuclear] attack on U.S. soil shakes the country to the core and puts into motion a frightening plan, decades in the

making, to transform America and demonize all those who stand in the way. Amidst the chaos, many don't know the difference

between conspiracy theory and conspiracy fact--or, more important, which side to fight for. But for Noah, the choice is clear:Exposing the plan, and revealing the conspirators behind it, is the only way to save both the woman he loves and the individualfreedoms he once took for granted. After five back-to-back #1 New York Times bestsellers, national radio and Fox News television hostGlenn Beck has delivered a ripped-from-the-headlines thriller that seamlessly weaves together American history, frightening facts

about our present condition, and a heart-stopping plot. The Overton Window will educate, enlighten, and, most important, entertain--with twists and revelations no one will see coming (Beck, 2010).

Conclusion: Unless these authors have direct contact with Al Qaeda, it is fascinating how much inside information they have

regarding an impending nuclear attack. The ―terrorists‖ are 10,000 miles away, speak and entirely different language, but apparently thatdoes not matter! A more likely scenario is that these authors are being fed inside information from FBI and CIA officials who are privy tothe nuclear terror plan.