Reports Reveal Zarqawi Nuclear Threat !  

Reverend Moon's "Washington Times" is turning up the fear level again - this time its time to worry about Abu Musab Zarqawi detonating a dirty bomb in the US.

Recurrent intelligence reports say al Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab Zarqawi has obtained a nuclear device or is preparing a radiological explosive -- or dirty bomb -- for an attack, according to U.S. officials, who also say analysts are unable to gauge the reliability of the information's sources.

The classified reports have been distributed to U.S. intelligence agencies for several consecutive months and say Zarqawi, al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, has stored the nuclear device or dirty bomb in Afghanistan, said officials familiar with the intelligence.

Between this dire threat to the US population and that posed by Iranian nukes, those members of the american government who are considering opposing the renewal of the "Patriot" act might decide this could be viewed as unpatriotic and a dangerous threat to the nation (not to mention their own reputations). I imagine once the act gets rammed through and the Iran invasion gets underway, these reports will subside - hopefully a demonstration isn't required to keep everyone in line.

Orwell's "Big Brother" had Emmanuel Goldstein to scare the masses with - the American government has gone even better and can choose between Osama, Abu Musab and the Mad Mullahs of Tehran it seems.

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