
"One of the terrorist group’s most senior figures warned that al-Qaeda had obtained and hidden a nuclear bomb in Europe that would be detonated if Osama bin Laden was killed or captured".
5 days later he is reported as being killed
( , Mon 2 May 2011, 11:59, Reply)

Make sure the public are scared in advance. Keeps us under control etc. Also gives us "justification" to continue pursuit etc
( , Mon 2 May 2011, 12:05, Reply)

or the press preparing the public for another 'inevitable' attack and intelligence agency false flag operation under the guise of revenge?
( , Mon 2 May 2011, 12:14, Reply)

I don't know what reality you live in but it sounds a lot scarier than the real world...
Cheers
( , Mon 2 May 2011, 13:08, Reply)

Their group is known for scaremongering. Run that through the press and amplify that fear... I'd take this with an irradiated pinch of salt.
( , Mon 2 May 2011, 12:11, Reply)

That this operation was already in effect when this news was released. No idea why they would release such info though.
( , Mon 2 May 2011, 12:14, Reply)

So what this guy is saying is that an organisation that has shown no qualms about taking lives in any way possible, has got its hands on a superweapon but is happy to just sit on it rather than use it at the first opportunity.
Does that sound like the sort of thing that al-Qaeda would do to you?
( , Mon 2 May 2011, 12:14, Reply)

although terrorists would say anything that terrorised people.
( , Mon 2 May 2011, 12:14, Reply)

The coalition has probably took the warheads out to save some cash.
( , Mon 2 May 2011, 12:43, Reply)

if true, we'll just drop a dirty great bomb on the middle east, job done...
( , Mon 2 May 2011, 12:48, Reply)

depleted uranium and subsequent birth defects in the region we already have
( , Mon 2 May 2011, 12:59, Reply)