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Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2391574,00.html
Seizures of Radioactive Materials Fuel "Dirty Bomb" Fears
[Times-UK] Lewis Smith - Seizures of smuggled radioactive material capable of making a terrorist "dirty bomb" have doubled in the past four years. Smugglers have been caught trying to traffic dangerous radioactive material more than 300 times since 2002, statistics from the International Atomic Energy Agency show. Most of the incidents occurred in Europe. The disclosures come as al-Qaeda is known to be intensifying its efforts to obtain a radioactive device. Last year, Western security services thwarted 16 attempts to smuggle plutonium or uranium. On two occasions small quantities of highly enriched uranium were reported missing. All were feared to have been destined for terror groups.