Re: Osama will use nuclear weapons as soon as he can

[Craig <craigbud@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I always assumed this a long time ago: nukes fell out all over the place 
when Russia was crumbling.  Let's hope that he failed to get one here while 
our guard was down the past decade.


At 10:39 PM 9/14/2001, Paul Newton wrote:
>I think it is quite likely that he already has nukes and is not willing to
>up the ante and give us reason to use them. Mutually assured destruction
>worked for  50 years with the Soviets and I think it is working still.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tim Tillson" <timtillson@xxxxxxxx>
>To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 3:15 PM
>Subject: Osama will use nuclear weapons as soon as he can
>
>
> > Osama, in an 1998 interview:
> >
> > Renewing his fatwah, bin Laden states, "We are confident that the Muslim
> > nation would rid Islamic countries of the Americans and the Jews." He also
> > does not deny charges that he tried to develop chemical and nuclear
>weapons,
> > "If I seek to acquire such weapons, this is a religious duty. How we use
> > them is up to us."
> >
> > If he had a nuke, he would have used it on Tuesday.
> >
> > The longer he and his followers remain alive, the more probable it
>becomes.
> >
> > -Tim Tillson
> >