Phony firm got radioactive materials, easily

Phony firm got radioactive materials, easily

www.usatoday.com
(visit the link for the full news article)



[edit on 11-7-2007 by UM_Gazz]

Al Qaeda could set up a phony company, gone through the NRC and obtained all the radioactive material they need.

Or, perhaps worse, they already have?

So it could be relatively easy to enter the country, obtain radioactive materials, explosives, and eventually set off a radiological bomb.

Anyone surprised by this news?

While we are busy at war with terrorism, it seems that some security issues at home need urgent attention. Unless one wants to make such an attack scenario possible.

www.usatoday.com
(visit the link for the full news article)

I don't believe the scare tactics rubbish about dirty bombs.

en.wikipedia.org...

Read the first paragraph.

Hum so terrorist cells, Gut feelings, Al-qaida back to pre 9/11 force and now easy market for dirty bombs materials are in the rise all in the matter of days.

Are we been prep for something or what.

They're not going to do anything...we've seen this buffoonery before...the gov't is prepping you for paranoia.

Don't be scared, laugh at the fools...

The influx of news like this is incredible.
Something has to be up.

Radioactive Devices Go Astray in Canada?

And I'm not so concerned as to what kind of
damage a dirty bomb would cause, rather
what this government would do afterwards.

I would not so quickly dismiss the danger of a dirty bomb, much depends on the size of the explosion, and the radiological material used. If they got their hands on cesium-137 in a high enough quantity.. the effects could be dramatic, those who survived the initial explosion, would be faced with serious illness and even possible death from exposure to the cesium-137. Hardly something anyone would call a trivial situation. And when it comes to true terrorists, and motives, or other secret plots, the radiological, or "dirty bomb" would serve as a great weapon of terror.

On cesium-137, an example from the article you linked to:



That from a relatively small amount cesium-137.

If a dirty bomb does go off in the U.S.A. we've been shown how it could happen, we've been warned of new recent threats and "gut feelings"

Anything seems possible at this point.

[edit on 11-7-2007 by UM_Gazz]

Canada Fears Dirty Bomb


More foreshadowing.. more and more and more.
I'm tellin' ya, if you live in a major city, keep your eyes pealed.


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[edit on 7/11/2007 by aecreate]

Well, there's nothing an ordinary citizen can do, but if one does go off-DON'T PANIC...the odds are very low that you've been exposed to a significant amount of radiation.

I agree with you that they are prepping us but I don't think it's for the sake of paranoia this time. I think they are prepping us for something they know is going to happen. I think all of these sudden announcements is for back story. It's so that it's more believable when it finally does come. I hate to say it but I feel that we may really be in store for a serious attack and again it will be a rallying point to push an agenda thats already been laid out long before.

As ex Senator Santorum hinted at recently:



That's similar to how 9-11 is always being milked for and it's what the next attack will do. It would have to be a big event to turn the tide...the sentiment right now in terms of this administration and the war.

When this next terror attack happens and with the fear of America becoming a new Israel, the American people will support tougher wartime actions wherever and whenever this administration desires.

That's how it will go down.

I think you should be concerned about both of those issues really.

Consider the dirty bomb in a plural and not just singular sense as well. If they are set off in heavily populated areas and at different points (like hijacking planes and striking "multiple" targets) the short and long term damage would be horrendous. I wonder how a city's public water supply would be affected by the radioactive ash?

Well...personally I hope it's all posturing but to quote a famous prognosticator, "I have a bad feeling about this".

It is possible that ultimately these reports have exactly that planned and desired reaction from the public who read and watch the mainstream news media.

for something more worrying , do a google search for the boy scout who built a nuclear reactor in his shed.

Just thought I'd link this thread to a post that wenfieldsecret put on the Rare aircraft pictures thread



Don't know where he is posting from yet. But the WC-135 is used to take samples of the atmosphere, primarilary to look for radioactive particles.

For those of you who are saying this situation is just to insight fear I think are trivializing the situation. One good example is of the Nuclear Boy Scout.
Nuclear boy scout video

Nuclear boy scout article

The video is short and the article is a very good read. It is worth the time and the story of the boy scout goes deeper then what is said. He ended up going into the Navy.
It is a good story to note.

[edit on 12-7-2007 by RedGolem]

Mod Edit: Fixed link

[edit on 12-7-2007 by UM_Gazz]

Ha. I've been saying this for years. They've just figured this out? How I know is that I used to work as a geotech engineer testing the soil with the very same equipment mentioned.



There is also Americium contained in the equipment. I'm guessing that's the neutron source?

Right after 9/11 we had one stolen from our shed on a construction site. Remember this is near DC. Sadly enough, not much was really done about it. I believe we got a fine but I can't remember exactly.

One more thing off topic for those guys who drive the compactors. Watch out for the inspector please. We had a coworker run over buy a sheepsfoot roller and killed. People who know what a sheepsfoot roller is will know how that must have looked. I didn't see it. Just what I heard. RIP

[edit on 7/12/2007 by Griff]

Hear is a short video about a radiological attack that was stopped from happening in time
video

And if you want to know everything that was talked about in the documentary here is the transcript of the report.

If I remember right in the article it said the americium was passed through aluminum that gave off the neutrons he was after to make the reaction to get the uranium.

Man I hate to repeat what everyone is saying, but it really does seem like some sort of preperation. It's almost like all this news is coming out so they can give us the explanation that much faster when it happens. I hope this is all just scare tactics for elections next year and not foreshadowing.

I live in Chicago and I am really worried that if there is another planned attack it will be here. I remember reading that the guy who used to own the twin towers now owns the Sears Tower.

Things like this is how 911 slipped under our noses , not conspiracy ..
If someone is all the time telling you , " Someone's after you ! " after a while , you stop taking it seriously . Exactly what caused 911 .