WorldNetDaily: Al-Qaida's plan to nuke London
Dirty bomb plot foiled 2 years ago, says official
Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network plotted to detonate a dirty nuke bomb floated into London on one of its armada of mystery ships, but the plan was foiled by security forces, says an official.
The device was to be delivered on a cargo ship and moored at a dock ready to be detonated when the wind was right, according to the People newspaper in London. If it had exploded, it would have contaminated a huge area and forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of terrified people.
The plot, thwarted by security forces, was revealed by Homeland Security shadow minister Patrick Mercer, a Tory terrorist expert and former senior army officer. A cargo ship suspected of carrying the bomb -- the 26,000-ton MV Nisha -- was stormed by the elite Special Boat Squadron in the English Channel two years ago, said Mercer.
But the Indian-owned vessel was carrying sugar. The real al-Qaida ship bound for Britain was frightened off by the raid.
Dirty bomb plot foiled 2 years ago, says official
Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network plotted to detonate a dirty nuke bomb floated into London on one of its armada of mystery ships, but the plan was foiled by security forces, says an official.
The device was to be delivered on a cargo ship and moored at a dock ready to be detonated when the wind was right, according to the People newspaper in London. If it had exploded, it would have contaminated a huge area and forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of terrified people.
The plot, thwarted by security forces, was revealed by Homeland Security shadow minister Patrick Mercer, a Tory terrorist expert and former senior army officer. A cargo ship suspected of carrying the bomb -- the 26,000-ton MV Nisha -- was stormed by the elite Special Boat Squadron in the English Channel two years ago, said Mercer.
But the Indian-owned vessel was carrying sugar. The real al-Qaida ship bound for Britain was frightened off by the raid.
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