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MadisonProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 12:34 PM
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Are we about to be nuked???
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45246

I know it's WND, but there seems to be some interesting (and scary) stuff here.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 12:35 PM
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1. No, Sir, We Are Not
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Oreo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 12:35 PM
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2. This nutbag just said we should nuke Mecca
I wouldn't be worried about anything he says.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 12:36 PM
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3. I don't think so!
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jim3775 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 12:36 PM
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4. Don't be scared, it's bullshit propaganda.
They want you to be scared.
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wli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 12:38 PM
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5. suitcase nukes are fiction
False flag operations as pretexts for martial law on the other hand, are real.
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 12:56 PM
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10. Why do you think nuclear demolition bombs are fiction?
Edited on Mon Jul-18-05 01:07 PM by Tesha
Here's something even smaller (51 pounds, sub-kiloton yield):

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Davy-Crockett-(nuclear-device)



And here's the realdeal, Americanski-style (150 pounds, 1 kt yield)

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Special-Atomic-Demolition-Munition



Here's a good technical analysis of the possibilities:

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

Tesha
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wli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 04:03 PM
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14. sounds like trouble, then
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 12:39 PM
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6. Ramping up the fear
If the American people are afraid of getting nuked, Rovegate goes away.

It's just another attempt to distract.
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 12:40 PM
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7. this is how the opposition tries to stir the pot
to frighten people to death in the name of the war on terrah.
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MadisonProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 12:47 PM
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8. I hope you all all right about this being a scam
I'm going to be in Boston next month! :scared:
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lvx35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 12:51 PM
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9. Nuclear Mines and scary stuff.
"Al-Qaida has obtained at least 40 nuclear weapons from the former Soviet Union – including suitcase nukes, nuclear mines, artillery shells and even some missile warheads, according to the report."

Nuclear mines? What the hell? Oops, I shouldn't have stepped on that!!!

Seriously though, I think its scary too. The scariest part is the allegation that the people who outed Plame, and thus BJ & associates, disrupted WMD proliferation operations in Pakistan. If America is united about keeping WMDs out, were good. But if some stupid shit is fucking up our efforts, we have a lot to be scared of.

But then again, I agree with the other posters...what can you do? Besides, they say after all the life worth living is where you live every day as if it were your last. :)
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wli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 02:11 PM
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11. there are scarier allegations
Like those who shut down the investigation were actually selling the WMD's themselves.
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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 03:43 PM
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12. KICK!
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MissB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 03:43 PM
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13. Consider the source.
WND? :eyes:
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MadisonProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-19-05 08:03 AM
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15. I already did.
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