'Al-Qaeda trying to go nuclear'

Al-Qaeda is searching for ways to create nuclear weapons for mass destruction, a former UN weapons inspection chief said during a press conference at an international convention ways to prevent a nuclear catastrophe being held in Luxembourg.

Rolf Ekeus, currently High Commissioner at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and formerly Director of the UN Special Commission on Iraq, told reporters that the threat of a nuclear attack on a European city by al-Qaeda was tangible, and that steps are being taken to protect nuclear facilities from which terrorists can obtain enriched uranium.

And people question the war on terror? It's a war for self-preservation. Imagine Al-Qaeda with nuclear weapons. WOuld they hesitate to bomb NY, Washington, LA, Chicago, or any other "dens of iniquity". Not for a second. Just enough to ensure operational planning, Would we pick it up beforehand? Maybe, maybe not,

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