Threat of dirty bombs 'increased'

I am not sure why the BBC is running this article. I think they are talking about a real and scary threat. That is most unlike the BBC. Usually the threats they find involve Jews or conservatives taking over the world.

Anyway, this article is a wonderful look at what the Muslims want to deliver to us.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7960466.stm

Threat of dirty bombs 'increased'

There is an increased risk terrorists could get hold of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons to attack the UK, the Home Office has said.

The assessment comes as Home Secretary Jacqui Smith unveiled a new UK strategy to tackle an evolved terrorist threat.

It warns failed states such as Iraq have made it easier to obtain materials for weapons such as dirty bombs.

Ms Smith said the threat is "severe" - meaning an attack is "highly likely" and "could happen without warning".

Dirty bomb

The BBC's home affairs correspondent, Daniel Sandford, said chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons "have always been something al-Qaeda have aspired to" but the report warns they are now within terrorists' grasp.

"There is a concern now among officials in the Home Office that the chances of them getting hold of this material have increased in a world of failed states, in a world of easy availability of radiological material in hospitals and in a world of greatly increased smuggling of these kinds of materials."