Islamic State Has A 'Dirty Bomb' Says British Jihadi, Amid Claims 40kg Of URANIUM Was Taken From Iraqi University -- Daily Mail
* Chemical was stolen from Mosul University, northern Iraq, in July
* UN ambassador wrote letter at time of theft fearing 'mass destruction'
* Hamayun Tariq among jihadis to boast of explosives on Twitter
* Hinted at the potential destruction of such a bomb if detonated in London
* British 37-year-old had social media account suspended afterwards
Islamic State fanatics claim to have constructed a dirty bomb after stealing 40kg of uranium from an Iraqi university.
Militants boasted of the device on social media, with one even commenting on the destruction such a bomb would wreak in London, four months after the chemical was reported missing from Mosul University.
Among extremists making online threats to the West is British explosives expert Hamayun Tariq, who fled his home in Dudley, West Midlands, for the Middle East in 2012.
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More News On Reports That the Islamic State May Have Built A 'Dirty Bomb'
ISIS Nuclear Weapon? Report Says Islamic State May Have Developed Dirty Bomb -- Epoch Times
Does ISIS Have A Nuclear Weapon? Islamic State Supporter Claims Militants Have Dirty Bomb -- IBTimes
Armed with 'Dirty Bomb' ISIS has Terror Plans for London; UN Raises Alarm -- IBTimes
Iraq ambassador to U.N. confirms ISIS dirty bomb potential -- American Thinker
ISIS claims to have developed dirty bomb – reports -- RT
IS Claims to Have Constructed ‘Dirty Bomb’ After Stealing 40 Kg of Uranium -- Sputnik
Islamic State “Bomb Expert” Threatens London With Dubious Dirty Bomb -- Global Research
ISIL's dirty bomb has 40kg of uranium, Takfiris claim -- Press TV
ISIS armed with dirty bomb, tweets militant -- Times of India
ISIS may possess nuclear material -- The Asian Age
Islamic State announces it has a 'dirty bomb' but probably unsure how to use it -- Catholic Online
1 comment:
This isn't a big deal. More people would die from the conventional explosives than from the uranium itself. In fact, uranium, even weapons-grade, is a horrible choice for a dirty bomb. It's a heavy metal poison, but not very radioactive. I know it seems counter intuitive, but that's okay. Let them spend all of their effort getting uranium.
Now, if they said they had Cesium-137 or Cobalt-60, I'd be worried...
Dirty bombs are weapons of fear, they won't kill a lot of people.
http://fas.org/programs/ssp/nukes/armscontrol/uraniumdirtybombs.html
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