Re: CNN-> RADSAFE list, where are you going?

[Chuck Cooper <cooperc@teleport.com>]

Franz Schoenhofer wrote:-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----



> Von: Chuck Cooper <cooperc@teleport.com>

> An: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

> Datum: Dienstag, 04. Dezember 2001 22:37

> Betreff: CNN-> Osama bin Laden's "Dirty Bomb"

>

> >

> >Device called a crude nuclear weapon designed to terrify

> >December 4, 2001

> >Posted: 1:25 PM EST (1825 GMT)

> >

> >WASHINGTON (CNN) -- At a meeting of senior al Qaeda leaders in

> >Afghanistan within the last year, a member of the terrorist network

> >displayed

> >a cylinder and said it contained radiological material that could be

> >used in a

> >so-called "dirty bomb," according to U.S. officials.

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

> -----

>

> Bla, bla, bla, CNN says bla, bla, Washington Post writes bla, bla, David

> Lochbaum writes and says bla, bla, bla



The article clearly points out that the radiological issue is not an issue from

a health perspective, this is not your usual mass media spin, and that's the

point.



Possibly the editors at CNN are listening to voices of reason?



========> Snipit <=========================

Nuclear weapons experts said while a "dirty bomb"

would likely terrify the public, it would not kill many

more people than a conventional explosion -- if any -- and thus might not be

the

weapon of choice for terrorists.



"This would be a major psychological problem in a public way, but as a threat

-- it's

not going to kill a lot of people by and large," said Roger Hagengruber of

Sandia

National Laboratories, which do a large amount of research and development

related

to U.S. national security.



Even the long-term threat to those nearby would not be dramatic, according to

David Albright of the Institute for Science and International Security. He said

that

"even if it's a fairly significant radiological attack, it's not like 20 years

from now

we're going to see this huge spike in deaths from cancer."





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