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Al-Qaeda will nuke the US
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President Barack Obama has warned that Al-Qaeda would not hesitate to use a nuclear weapon against the United States. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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WASHINGTON - PRESIDENT Barack Obama has warned that Al-Qaeda would not hesitate to use a nuclear weapon against the United States, before hosting a global summit aimed at thwarting such a nightmare scenario.
President Obama will seek support from fellow leaders for his effort to safeguard all unsecured nuclear material around the world within four years when he opens on Monday the largest summit chaired by a US president in 65 years.
He conjured up the horrific possibility of a nuclear detonation in New York City, London or Johannesburg, and the serious global economic, political and security trauma that would result, to characterise the gravity of the threat.
'The single biggest threat to US security, both short-term, medium-term and long-term, would be the possibility of a terrorist organisation obtaining a nuclear weapon,' President Obama said on the eve of the two-day summit on Sunday. 'This is something that could change the security landscape of this country and around the world for years to come.
'We know that organisations like Al-Qaeda are in the process of trying to secure a nuclear weapon - a weapon of mass destruction that they have no compunction at using.' Despite the focus on extremist groups, two states - Iran and North Korea, which already has the bomb - will cast a shadow over the global meet.
Washington is leading an effort to toughen sanctions within weeks on Iran over its nuclear programme, which the United States and its allies say is aimed at producing weapons, a charge Teheran denies. The White House will seek concrete commitments from world leaders on securing stockpiles of separated plutonium and uranium, to ensure that they cannot be stolen, smuggled or sold to extremists. -- AFP
Al-Qaeda will nuke the US
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WASHINGTON - PRESIDENT Barack Obama has warned that Al-Qaeda would not hesitate to use a nuclear weapon against the United States, before hosting a global summit aimed at thwarting such a nightmare scenario.
President Obama will seek support from fellow leaders for his effort to safeguard all unsecured nuclear material around the world within four years when he opens on Monday the largest summit chaired by a US president in 65 years.
He conjured up the horrific possibility of a nuclear detonation in New York City, London or Johannesburg, and the serious global economic, political and security trauma that would result, to characterise the gravity of the threat.
'The single biggest threat to US security, both short-term, medium-term and long-term, would be the possibility of a terrorist organisation obtaining a nuclear weapon,' President Obama said on the eve of the two-day summit on Sunday. 'This is something that could change the security landscape of this country and around the world for years to come.
'We know that organisations like Al-Qaeda are in the process of trying to secure a nuclear weapon - a weapon of mass destruction that they have no compunction at using.' Despite the focus on extremist groups, two states - Iran and North Korea, which already has the bomb - will cast a shadow over the global meet.
Washington is leading an effort to toughen sanctions within weeks on Iran over its nuclear programme, which the United States and its allies say is aimed at producing weapons, a charge Teheran denies. The White House will seek concrete commitments from world leaders on securing stockpiles of separated plutonium and uranium, to ensure that they cannot be stolen, smuggled or sold to extremists. -- AFP
