American citizens need protection

[Hakki Alacakaptan]

The so-called suitcase nukes or ADM's (Atomic Demolition Munitions) that are
causing the panic were made for the KGB and therefore are not in the Red
Army records. General Aleksandr Lebed, during his short stint at a top
defense post, said as much. Yeltsin's former advisor Yablokov, who decided
to pursue a career as whistle-blower to the West, has been crying wolf about
these and other Soviet-era nuclear/biological/chemical weapons. That's about
it. There's no solid intelligence besides Lebed's statement of the obvious
and Yablokov's allegations. If you ask me, any KGB operative fool enough to
palm these nukes off to Arabs or Chechens would be discovered and shot
rather promptly. Even if such a traffic existed, there is absolutely no
chance that it isn't being monitored by western intelligence. However
devious the CIA may be, they are not about to explode a nuke on their own
doorstep. Well, probably not.

Read more here: http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/reports/lebedst.htm

Hakki Alacakaptan

 || -----Original Message-----

 || From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com

 || [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Brenda Rosser

 || the following query just came in on the Tassie network:

 ||

 || "Did anyone see this small piece on page 7 of the Australian Financial

 || Review

 || Weekend?

 ||

 || Former Australian diplomat Mr Richard Butler claimed on Friday that the

 || September 11 terrorist attacks could easily have involved small-scale

 || nuclear weapons. The weapons specialist said he had 'some

 || information' that

 || the attacks could 'so easily' have been with nuclear arms. In a recorded

 || speech to the Australian Institute of Company Directors, he said the

 || prospect of what would have happened if the attacks in New York and

 || Washington had involved nuclear arms should spur the world to

 || control such

 || weapons. Later, Mr Butler said there were reports that Iraq and

 || terrorist

 || groups had got hold of suitcase bombs - nuclear weapons able to

 || be carried

 || in a suitcase.

 ||

 || These are the Soviet devices - according to a report a few

 || years back, some

 || 140 or so were made. After the demise of the Soviet, the

 || Russians conducted

 || an audit and could - at that time - only account for 45!  I've not seen

 || anything since - maybe they located more - but you can bet your bottom

 || dollar that a lot of these neat little gadgets found their way into

 || dangerous hands.

 ||

 || I doubt anyone really wants to openly talk about these things.

 || Have any of

 || you who read this seen anything on the subject?  On TV?  In the

 || Australian?

 || Anywhere?  But surely the US knows of them. Surely it must know

 || what it is

 || risking by continuing its current policy."

 ||

 ||

 ||

 ||