Berezovsky Claims Chechen Rebels Have A-bomb

[truthpusher]

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/02/08/berezobomb.shtml


Mk-54 Special Atomic Demolition Munition, AKA “suitcase nuke”, Photo from Brookings Institution archives


Berezovsky Claims Chechen Rebels Have A-bomb
Created: 08.02.2005 11:16 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 11:17 MSK, 16 hours 1 minute ago

MosNews

Chechen rebels could have an atomic bomb, Boris Berezovsky, Russian tycoon currently living in self-imposed exile in Great Britain, told the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily on the phone. Russian security officials refused to comment on Berezovsky’s statement.

Komsomolskaya Pravda correspondents got in touch with the controversial tycoon and harsh critic of Vladimir Putin, asking him to comment on the Chechen rebels’ call for a cease-fire issued last week. Berezovsky denied allegations that it was he who had originally come up with the cease-fire initiative.
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Basayev and Maskhadov have remained invincible for a decade, Berezovsky said. Moreover, lately they have come into possession of an atomic bomb. “It is a small portable device which had not been used until now for only one reason: because some necessary element was missing,” he said citing what he referred to as “credible sources”.

Russian security officials refused to comment on Berezovsky’s allegations. “We do not believe it necessary to comment on statements, especially nonsensical ones, made by people placed on international wanted list,” a security official told Komsomolskaya Pravda.

complete story:

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/02/08/berezobomb.shtml

[Thurston Howell IV]

1. This guy should watch out about any soup he eats

Pootie-Poot may lace it with dioxin.

[Redstone]

2. Yeah, yeah, right...

Some mouthy asshole looking for some publicity...

Redstone

[benburch]

4. Don't be so sure.

These have not all been accounted for.

[Richard Steele]

8. Russia's former Natl Sec Advisor agrees....

He said they had built 250, and over 100 were unaccounted for.

http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/News/Lebedbomb.html

[DrWeird]

3. Dr. Weird Claims Zapatistas Have Working Cylon.

Image Courtesy of Brooking Institute.

[Dogmudgeon]

5. But that's an old-style Cylon

How much damage could it do?

The new ones are much more powerful, and they can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch ball, too.

--p!

[CHIMO]

6. Maybe Bush

Will assist in getting the terrorists?

Putin has a lot of nuclear tipped missiles.

[MisterP]

7. and by tycoon we mean oligarch!

[amandabeech]

10. I've heard "former Russian mafia kingpin" rather than tycoon.

n/t

[livinginphotographs]

9. Holy shit!

Let's invade Iran! That'll fix this!

[Zynx]

11. Junk

The Soviet ADM's do not work anyway and Berezovsky is a criminal with major credibility issues.

[rberger909]

12. Hmmm...

I thought of another possibility. The Chechen's may very well have the nuclear device but *JUST* that, the device. The article says that something was missing from the weapon but didn't say what. My guess is the weapon may be missing some kind of nuclear or radioactive material. It's the possibility that strikes me as the most likely. Otherwise they would have likely taken the material and used it towards a dirty bomb at the very least. Just a thought.

[newyawker99]

14. Hi rberger909!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[rberger909]

15. Hey...

Thanks for the welcome but I was here a while back...just returning is all. Appreciate that welcome though...=)

[daleo]

13. Headline = Chechen Rebels Have A-bomb, story = could have an atomic bomb

You see this headline bait and switch all the time.

[applegrove]

16. Canada will suddenly 'have a bomb' when the US aquafirs drain

Canada will suddenly 'have a bomb' when the US aquafirs drain!

Nice that they are teaching all sorts of nations and governments the tools of the sociopath. Cause I don't think enough people knew how to fuck with the truth.