Monday, November 08, 2004


Yahoo! News - Race Against Time to Prevent Nuclear Terror - IAEA
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The world faces a "race against time" to prevent nuclear terror, the United Nation's nuclear watchdog chief said on Monday, citing an extensive illicit market in nuclear and radioactive materials after the Sept. 11 attacks.

More than 24 companies or individuals were engaged in the sale of nuclear materials and more than 60 incidents of trafficking in nuclear or other radioactive material are expected this year, said Mohamed ElBaradei, who heads the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

"The threat of nuclear terrorism is real and current," he told reporters at a Sydney conference on nuclear proliferation and terror.

No time for that now! Must protect marriage from the gays! They are a much bigger threat than, say, a nuclear device going off in the middle of Manhattan. This country has priorities!