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Al-Qaeda Looks to Build WMD Bombs, U.N. Report Says
Al-Qaeda is believed to be seeking “the means to construct bombs that would disperse chemical, biological or radiological pollutant,” according to a U.N. report released yesterday (see GSN, Aug. 19). “Al-Qaeda related groups have tried at least twice to buy the basic ingredients for a dirty bomb and a good deal of the necessary technical knowledge is available on the Internet,” says the report by a new team monitoring U.N. sanctions against the terrorist network and the Taliban. “There is real need therefore to try to design effective measures against this threat.” The report found that al-Qaeda’s attacks in Spain, Indonesia and Turkey, and on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, each cost less than $50,000. Only the Sept. 11, 2001 airline hijackings “required significant funding of over six figures,” the report says. The team concluded that U.N. sanctions have had a “limited impact,” according to the Associated Press. While the Security Council has largely reacted to events, “al-Qaeda has shown great flexibility and adaptability in staying ahead of them” (Edith Lederer, Associated Press/Yahoo!News, Aug. 27).
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