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September 8, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/2700195/Terror-groups-developing-dirty-bomb-say-security-chiefs.html

Terror Groups Developing "Dirty Bomb"

[Telegraph-UK] Con Coughlin - Islamist terrorists are exploiting the political chaos in Pakistan in a bid to acquire nuclear material for a "spectacular" attack. At least one plot has been uncovered involving Pakistani-based terrorists planning to use nuclear material against a major European target. The most likely terror device using nuclear material is a "dirty bomb," where conventional explosives are fitted with radioactive material. Security experts believe the detonation of such a device in a city like London would provoke widespread panic and chaos, even though the area of contamination would be relatively small.

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