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of former U.S. weapons designers have also a major target. Thirdly, New York
found that even terrorists would be has a major concentration of Jews in the
capable of making an effective, first- city, on whose political and financial
generation nuclear weapon if they could support the State of Israel depended
obtain enough reactor-grade plutonium greatly during the 48 years of its
or highly enriched uranium. Nuclear existence. Without that support, Israel
proliferation and the closely connected would be left on her own to face Islamic
threat of nuclear terrorism will become a forces that could possibly destroy this
principal danger of our time. last barrier against the forward march of
Islam.
“Some Islamic sects have approved
terrorism as a legitimate tactic. That “Large cities rather than military
well suits them to current targets will be at growing risk as
circumstances, as terrorism is likely effective weapons of destruction are
to be of growing military dispersed ever more widely
importance as the year 2000 throughout the world” -- James
approaches” -- James Dale Dale Davidson
Davidson
"The destruction of any city in the world
Finding a nuclear bomb in a city is "like by nuclear terrorists would threaten all
looking for a needle in a haystack," one cities and nations," one nuclear scientist
nuclear scientist admits. New York City said. Though New York is an attractive
has been identified by many experts as target, other cities could well be on the
an appealing site for a terrorist attack. list: Los Angeles, Chicago, New
Firstly, it is the most centralized, densely Orleans, Washington DC, London, Paris,
populated metropolis in America and has Tel Aviv, Sydney. Of these Washington
an extremely vulnerable DC would be more vulnerable than
infrastructure. 13 An atomic bomb, or others. Besides Congress and the White
even major radiation from radioactive House being located there, the city and
materials in the city, would produce the its nearby district is also the heart of all
most desired and effective outcome American overseas operations which
which terrorists seek. Secondly, it is the include the FBI, the CIA and the
headquarters for many of the world's Pentagon. Perhaps a statement by Louis
financial and banking institutions on Farrakhan, the US leader of the Nation
which the world's commerce is based. of Islam, would give us a better
understanding of the potential danger.
Among these headquarters is the much Speaking in Teheran, he said: "You can
detested United Nations, which was quote me: God will destroy America at
responsible for the creation of the State the hands of Muslims."
of Israel in 1948; and in January 1991,
the quickly assembled U.N. Force Fear of nuclear weapons falling into the
defeated Iraq -- an Arabic state. U.N. hands of mad generals, warlords,
Secretary-General Boutros-Boutros- terrorists and nations with fanatical
Ghali, an Egyptian regarded as a traitor foreign policies is now being realized
by Islamic fundamentalists because he among more and more people. Only
helped negotiate peace with Israel, is after a big flash has occurred will the
