Are we headed Are we headed toward a Nuclear toward a Nuclear

9/11?9/11?

Yes?

NO?

Can 9/11 happen again?

Why?Acquiring weapons for the defense of

Muslims is a religious duty. If I have indeed acquired these weapons, then I thank God for enabling me to do so. And if I seek to acquire these weapons, I am carrying out a duty. It would be a sin for Muslims not to try to possess the weapons that would prevent the infidels from inflicting harm on Muslims. —Osama bin Laden

http://www.nti.org/h_learnmore/nuctutorial/chapter04_01.html

Al Qaeda’s Goal

• Abu Gheith a spokesman for Bin Laden and Al Qaeda claims they need to kill 4 million people (including children) to even things out.

Do we control the nukes?

• The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed 650 cases of illegal trafficking of nuclear materials worldwide between 1993 and 2004. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A9658740

Russia

Iran

North Korea

Canada?

How do we study Nuclear Terrorism?In this tutorial, we will focus on the threat of nuclear terrorism by investigating four key

questions:

What are nuclear weapons? How could terrorists acquire or build nuclear

weapons? Why would terrorists use nuclear weapons? How should the world respond to the threat of

nuclear terrorism?

http://www.nti.org/h_learnmore/nuctutorial/index.html

Sources

• Harvard University School of Politicshttp://ksgaccman.harvard.edu/iop/events_forum_video.asp?ID=2683