CNN: Al Qaeda documents outline serious weapons program - January 25, 2002

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/01/24/inv.al.qaeda.documents/index.html

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The al Qaeda terrorist organization was building a serious weapons program with a heavy emphasis on developing a nuclear device, according to an exhaustive review of documents discovered in Afghanistan.

The apparent al Qaeda documents were found in a Kabul house reportedly used by al Qaeda operatives. Afghan police took CNN to the house soon after the Taliban withdrew from the city in November.

"I don't have any doubt that al Qaeda was pursuing nuclear, biological and chemical warfare capabilities. It's not our judgment at the moment that they were that far along, but I have no doubt that they were seeking to do so," U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton told CNN on Thursday. "It underlines just how serious the threat of the use of these weapons of mass destruction could be, and why it's such an important part of the global campaign against terrorism."

Investigations are continuing into the information found in al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and into how close the group was to gaining nuclear and biological weapons capabilities, Bolton said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/11/20/wbin120.xml

Al-Qa'eda's atom plans were spoof science

20/11/2001

DOCUMENTS found last week in an al-Qa'eda safe house in Afghanistan that purport to be instructions on how to build a nuclear weapon were shown yesterday to be based on a spoof scientific article.

The "plans" were discovered in a ruined house in Kabul after the Taliban fled the city, and included notes ostensibly showing how to create a nuclear device. snip

Jason Scott, of the internet newsletter rotten.com, said he had searched the internet for the phrases used in the documents, which were in English, and found they were the same as a well known 1979 spoof article. Among the tell-tale references were to "theory of operation - the device basically works".

The original, entitled How To Build An Atomic Bomb In 10 Easy Steps, described how to create a device for between $5,000 (£3,000) and $30,000 that "is a great ice-breaker at parties, and in a pinch, can be used for national defence".

Some people never learn.

Don

no one will call you anything, but on the ball.

I wish folks could understand that some of us have been watching these folks since Clinton impeachment and there is more evidence that they lie constantly than there ever is that they tell the truth. It's not being a conspiracy theorist when you've seen a pattern time after time with these people and when one knows how the Media operates.

And there was an article contradicting it, published in November the preceding year. WOW!

Whatever they said was believed automatically. I posted a link and excerpts from the spoof article here on GD at the time this came out before the news organizations picked up on it. That thread was immediately removed by the moderators. That was the mind set even here back then. It was don't question our Crackhead in Chief or his minions. The monkey had a 90% approval rating because he stayed on vacation and let 3000 people die. I don't want to ever go there again.

Don

about WMD/Al Queda etc etc...
NOT!

Hey, didn't I just post this about the MSM?

Unbelievable! They have cried wolf way to many times.

If their lips are moving they are lying.

Don