(Guardian-UK) Nick Hopkins and Suzanne Goldenberg - Renegade scientists have provided al Qaeda with the technical knowledge to develop chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, and it is "only a matter of time" before an attack is launched against a city in the West, the director general of MI5, Eliza Manningham-Buller, warned Tuesday at the Royal United Services Institute, the Whitehall defense think-tank. "We are faced with the realistic possibility of some form of unconventional attack" from Osama bin Laden, or one of the Islamist networks loosely affiliated to him, she said. "Political dialogue and a process of reconciliation are not on the horizon as groups like al Qaeda have aims that are absolute and non-negotiable," she added.
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