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Threat Assessment: U.N. Panel Warns Al-Qaeda Could Acquire Dirty Bomb By Steve Hirsch The panel, established to track the implementation of such anti-terrorism measures as asset freezing, a travel ban and an arms embargo, said in a report released Tuesday that it “remains highly preoccupied by the potential for al-Qaeda to manufacture some kind of ‘dirty bomb.’” The report noted the recent seizure by Tanzanian police of 110 kilograms of suspected raw uranium, although it emphasized that no connection between the seizure and al-Qaeda had been established (see GSN, Nov. 19). Nevertheless, the report said, “the possibility cannot be excluded of these illegal movements of raw uranium reaching al-Qaeda or its associates in East Africa.” In addition, the group said it was aware of press and other reports that al-Qaeda is interested in chemical weapons and said it hopes to devote some time to the issue in the future.
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