posted on Sep, 25 2004 @ 06:27 PM
Sunday Times: Dirty bomb talk as terror cops act
"POLICE arrested four men in London under Britain's anti-terrorist law, as a newspaper claimed it had infiltrated a gang trying to buy radioactive
material for a "dirty bomb".
The Saudi, whose name was not disclosed, was reportedly willing to pay �300,000 (756,000) in cash for a kilogram of "highly powerful radioactive
material" from Russia known as Red Mercury.
The News of the World said the material was developed by Soviet scientists during the Cold War "for making briefcase nuclear bombs" that could kill
everyone within a few city blocks."
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