In the first half of the show, Paul L. Williams, author of the upcoming book, Al-Qaeda Connection(1), discussed the threat of nuclear attacks in the U.S. by terrorists. The fact that bin Laden has nuclear weapons has been verified, he said, and al Qaeda has been planning an attack on America, that is "well on its way." Sources that run the gamut from military, academic, press and intelligence all concur that a nuclear attack in the U.S. is imminent, Williams declared. The rationale for bin Laden's attack is spelled out in his 'letter to America(2),' he noted.
The MS-13 street gang has helped smuggle suitcase nukes across the border from Mexico, said Williams, who added that he believes at least 20 nukes have already been positioned inside America. They are likely transported in led containers that make their detection difficult. If a 10-kiloton bomb went off in a city such as Los Angeles, it would take out at least a half-mile area. Following the impact, there'd be a 460 ft. tall fireball heated to 10 million degrees Celsius, which could rip through the city for miles, he detailed.
Among the problems that have led to this situation, Williams named the porous borders that allow illegals to easily slip in to the U.S., the small percentage of freight that is checked on ships and planes, and the "radical" mosques within the U.S. that harbor and foster terrorism efforts.

1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591023491/ctoc
2. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,845725,00.html

Suitcase Nukes

Former FBI consultant Paul L. Williams pieced together the potential for nuclear terrorism in his 2004 book Osama's Revenge(1). He based his findings on intelligence from US, British, Pakistani and Israeli sources which indicate that tactical nuclear weapons may have been stolen from the Russian arsenal in the chaos following the breakup of the USSR. Williams presents evidence that the "Chechen Mafia" acquired some of these portable nuclear weapons, and then negotiated the sale of 20 of them to representatives of Osama bin Laden.

1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591022525/ctoc

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