| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Wakeymedia
Validated Poster
Joined: 12 Nov 2008
Posts: 222
|
 Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:57 pm Post subject: US report - WMD Attack Will Happen By 2013 |
 |
|
They seem to know an awful lot about these "Terrorists".
We've got our work cut out now. Time to shift up a gear.
| Quote: | 'WMD Attack Will Happen By 2013'
Wednesday, December 3, Sky News
Terrorists are "likely" to use a weapon of mass destruction to launch a deadly attack in the next five years, a US commission report has warned.
The study, ordered after 9/11, claimed threats from nuclear or biological weapons were evolving faster than America's "multi-layered response".
It highlighted the rapid spread of atomic technology in countries like Pakistan and Iran and poor security in biotech industries worldwide as the main dangers.
And it said that without urgent action, "it is more likely than not that a weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the end of 2013".
The report went on to state that, although Pakistan is a close ally of the US, its inability to control swaths of territory, violent political instability and a nuclear stand-off with India make the nation a tinderbox.
"Were one to map terrorism and weapons of mass destruction today, all roads would intersect in Pakistan," the report said.
"There is a grave danger it could also be an unwitting source of a terrorist attack on the United States, possibly with weapons of mass destruction."
The commission noted that terrorists are more likely to be able to obtain biological rather than nuclear weapons, with anthrax a particular danger.
The White House portrayed the report, entitled World at Risk, as proof of President Bush's strong security record.
It argued that the United States had made important strides in addressing the dangers of nuclear and germ attacks.
The research was ordered in 2007, fulfilling a recommendation from the commission examining the hijacked airliner attacks of September 11, 2001, against New York and the Pentagon.
Both President Bush and the incoming vice president-elect Joe Biden are being briefed on the commission's findings. |
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/WMD-Weapon-Of-Mass-Destruc tion-Attack-Within-Five-Years-Warns-US-Commission/Article/200812115171 606
Last edited by Wakeymedia on Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:42 pm; edited 6 times in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Legion
New Poster
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Posts: 3
|
| Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Quote: | | The commission noted that terrorists are more likely to be able to obtain biological rather than nuclear weapons, with anthrax a particular danger. |
Well maybe it's a good idea for us, ah, good guys to stop producing them then! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
fish5133
Site Admin
Joined: 13 Sep 2006
Posts: 2568
Location: One breath from Glory
|
| Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Quote: | | And it said that without urgent action, "it is more likely than not that a weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the end of 2013". |
uhm wonder what that might be?
_________________
JO911B.
"for we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this world, against wicked spirits in high places " Eph.6 v 12 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
TonyGosling
Editor
Joined: 25 Jul 2005
Posts: 18335
Location: St. Pauls, Bristol, England
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
cem
Trustworthy Freedom Fighter
Joined: 28 May 2008
Posts: 484
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject: "All roads would intersect in Pakistan" |
|
|
http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto120320081557245925
excerpt from Warning over mass destruction attacks
by Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times, 4 December 2008
| Quote: | "It is more likely than not that a weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the end of 2013," according to the report, released yesterday by the commission on the prevention of WMD proliferation and terrorism.
...
"Were one to map terrorism and weapons of mass destruction today, all roads would intersect in Pakistan... Pakistan is an ally, but there is a grave danger it could also be an unwitting source of a terrorist attack on the US" |
--------------
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/us/politics/01text-obama.html?_r=1&p agewanted=all
Obama’s National Security Team Announcement
New York Times, 1 December 2008
The following is the transcript of President-Elect Barack Obama’s National Security Team announcement:
| Quote: | | The situation in South Asia, as a whole, and the safe havens for terrorist that have been established there represent the single most important threat against the American people. |
--------------
Last edited by cem on Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:58 am; edited 8 times in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
cem
Trustworthy Freedom Fighter
Joined: 28 May 2008
Posts: 484
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 3:21 pm Post subject: "It would be 9/11 times 10 or a hundred" |
|
|
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/12/02/terror.report/index.html
excerpt from Biological terror attack likely by 2013, panel says
by Jeanne Meserve, CNN, 2 December 2008
| Quote: | | "The consequences of a biological attack are almost beyond comprehension. It would be 9/11 times 10 or a hundred in terms of the number of people who would be killed," |
former Sen. Bob Graham said.
--------------- |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
cem
Trustworthy Freedom Fighter
Joined: 28 May 2008
Posts: 484
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 3:40 pm Post subject: Experts warn Barack Obama of a nuclear Iran |
|
|
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_electio ns/article5275647.ece
excerpts from Experts warn Barack Obama of a nuclear Iran
by Catherine Phillip, Times, 3 December 2008
| Quote: | Iran poses the greatest foreign policy challenge to Barack Obama, the President-elect, with Tehran on course to produce a nuclear bomb in the first year of an Obama administration, a coalition of top think-tanks gave warning yesterday.
...
The warnings came in a report entitled Restoring the Balance. The Middle East strategy for the President-elect was drafted by the Council for Foreign Relations and the Brookings Institution. |
-----------------
Editorial note:
http://www.cfr.org/publication/17791/
Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President
Council on Foreign Relations, 2 December 2008
----------------- |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Chat
Usergroups
Calendar
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
