• Obama Makes Nuclear Terrorism Threat Focus of Summit
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[QUOTE]April 11 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said the possibility of terrorists getting a nuclear device is the "single biggest threat" to U.S. security as he opened a series of meetings with world leaders on preventing the spread of atomic material. "We know that organizations 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," Obama said before meeting with South African President Jacob Zuma at Blair House across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House. Obama has invited leaders and representatives from 46 other nations for a two-day summit beginning tomorrow at which the president will press his nuclear policy agenda. He said he wants the international community put "on the path in which we are locking down that nuclear material in a very specific time frame with a specific work plan." The meeting with Zuma was one of five Obama was conducting today. He met earlier with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan and Nigeria's acting president, Goodluck Jonathan. Obama is scheduled more conferences over the next two days, including one tomorrow with Chinese President Hu Jintao. Four-Year Plan Obama convened the summit to highlight one of his top foreign policy priorities: curbing the spread of nuclear material that can be used for weapons. The U.S. president is seeking an agreement on a four-year plan to secure separated plutonium and highly enriched uranium that could be smuggled or sold on the black market. The countries coming to the summit are "not just talking about general statements of support but rather very specific approaches to how we can solve this profound international problem," Obama said. Neighbors and rivals India and Pakistan both have nuclear arms and the Obama administration has been working to increase cooperation with and between the two countries as they confront extremism in South Asia. Obama told Singh during their 50-minute meeting today that the U.S. favored a "reduction in tensions" between India and Pakistan, India Foreign Minister Nirupama Rao told reporters after the meeting. Singh stressed the need for Pakistan to take "convincing action" against those accused of involvement in the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Rao said. Mumbai Attack The Mumbai attack left 166 people dead. India blamed terrorist "elements" from Pakistan for the attack and demanded the perpetrators be brought to justice. Last February, Pakistan acknowledged that its territory was used to plot an attack in Mumbai and filed charges against more than two dozen people. Obama met for about an hour with the president of Kazakhstan. The country gained independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991, inheriting the world's fourth largest nuclear missile arsenal and a nuclear test site where some 460 nuclear weapons tests were conducted during the Cold War. President Nursultan Nazarbayev moved in 1991 to dismantle the test facility and eliminate 104 intercontinental ballistic missiles and 1,410 nuclear warheads. Kazakhstan also has about one-fifth of the world's natural uranium supply. Nazarbayev has come under criticism for human rights abuses. According to the U.S. State Department's 2009 Human Rights Report those abuses include torture of prisoners; arbitrary arrest; no independent judiciary; and restrictions on freedom of speech. Human Rights Discussion While Obama praised Nazarbayev as a "model" world-leader on non-proliferation issues, the two leaders had a "lengthy" and "frank" discussion on issues of democracy and human rights, Michael McFaul, Obama's adviser for Russian and Eurasian affairs, told reporters on a conference call. "Both presidents agreed that you don't ever reach democracy, you always have to work at it," McFaul said. "In particular, President Obama reminded his Kazakh counterpart that we too are working to improve our democracy." U.S. National Security Adviser James Jones told reporters last week that Nazarbayev has "done something very courageous and exemplary for his country and for proliferation in general." Kyrgyzstan The two leaders also discussed the war in Afghanistan as well as the ongoing and "volatile" situation in Kyrgyzstan, McFaul said. Obama briefed Nazarbayev on ways the U.S. is reaching out to the new interim government, including calls to interim leader Roza Otunbayeva. McFaul said the goal there is to "stabilize the situation and prevent any further violence." Nazarbayev said he "will do all he can do defuse that situation," he added. Ahead of Obama's meeting with Hu tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. in Washington, the U.S. president will meet with several leaders including King Abdullah of Jordan. "We expect that the peace process will be one of the prominent issues that the two leaders discuss tomorrow," said Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser. On April 13, the final day of the summit, Obama will also meet with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. During the meeting with Erdogan, in addition to discussion on Iraq, Afghanistan and non-proliferation issues, the two leaders will likely "discuss the ongoing efforts to pursue normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia, which the United States strongly supports," Rhodes said.[/QUOTE] Source: [url]http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/04/11/bloomberg1376-L0QI8E0YHQ0X-1.DTL#ixzz0kpyU38Xg[/url]
Terrorists are not organised enough to make Nuclear Weapons. :colbert:
[QUOTE=radioactive;21297350]Terrorists are not organised enough to make Nuclear Weapons. :colbert:[/QUOTE] Lol no, try again. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.
[QUOTE=radioactive;21297350]Terrorists are not organised enough to make Nuclear Weapons. :colbert:[/QUOTE] Yea it's not like they could ever buy one from a country or anything... wait
Or maybe just make one?
And they're going to get a rocket to use it how?
Who said anything about a missile?
There's a snuke in her sniz
[QUOTE=radioactive;21297423]And they're going to get a rocket to use it how?[/QUOTE] Suitcase Nuke.
Will I still be needing my nuclear bunker emergency fund?
Don't listen to radioactive on political things.
If this was Bush you all would be calling him a fucking moron.
[QUOTE=Regulas021;21297469]Suitcase Nuke.[/QUOTE] And they're going to get that into any country - how? [editline]12:53AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Dolton;21297536]If this was Bush you all would be calling him a fucking moron.[/QUOTE] Nope, this would be a smart thing for bush to do.
[QUOTE=radioactive;21297615]And they're going to get that into any country - how? [/QUOTE] Bribes, smuggling, crossing the border if the country is right next to you, hidden under a tanker boat, using armed conflict as a distraction, etc.
I think them getting chemical weapons should be more of a concern.
A group of terrorists getting a nuclear weapon and being able to utilize it to destroy their enemy is pretty unlikely; but if they're determined enough, they may be able to do it.
I agree with radioactive, he's obviously taken the time to consider all the possibilities and totally knows what he's talking about.
[QUOTE=Regulas021;21297469]Suitcase Nuke.[/QUOTE] If you're going to use a fucking suitcase, something biological would be much more effective.
why are they so set on getting nukes, a few car bombs in new york and the country will panic.
The real concern is size zero celebrities getting their hands on nuclear weapons. The Hiroshima bomb along burned over seventeen trillion calories!
I don't trust the Russians to hold on to their stuff. They leave it guarded by 2 polar bears and Santa Clause in the middle of Siberia.
[QUOTE=bobste;21298384]why are they so set on getting nukes, a few car bombs in new york and the country will panic.[/QUOTE] because nuclear weapons are pretty damn effective at instigating terror, and by terror I mean a fuck ton of terror [editline]04:28PM[/editline] [QUOTE=radioactive;21297350]Terrorists are not organised enough to make Nuclear Weapons. :colbert:[/QUOTE] you'd be really surprised at the lengths terrorists go through to smuggle in weapons parts. they hide tiny parts [b]in[/b] their bodies, and assemble them at another location. this is generally what they do but they can do a lot more than this. it's amazing how much power a regular person has [editline]04:29PM[/editline] [QUOTE=phill977;21298041]A group of terrorists getting a nuclear weapon and being able to utilize it to destroy their enemy is pretty unlikely; but if they're determined enough, they may be able to do it.[/QUOTE] destorying the enemy isn't really the main goal of most terrorists
[QUOTE=Sleepy Head;21299915]destorying the enemy isn't really the main goal of most terrorists[/QUOTE] Exactly. It's all about demoralization.
[QUOTE=radioactive;21297615]And they're going to get that into any country - how? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Zeke129;21298106]If you're going to use a fucking suitcase, something biological would be much more effective.[/QUOTE] jesus christ you people need to watch tv.
[QUOTE=radioactive;21297350]Terrorists are not organised enough to make Nuclear Weapons. :colbert:[/QUOTE] A rag-tag super team of scientists were able to do it in the 40's. It's the 2000's. [editline]11:00PM[/editline] [QUOTE=radioactive;21297423]And they're going to get a rocket to use it how?[/QUOTE] They hit the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania with planes. I'm sure they can launch a rocket.
[QUOTE=Boba_Fett;21300394]A rag-tag super team of scientists were able to do it in the 40's. It's the 2000's. [editline]11:00PM[/editline] [B] They hit the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania with planes. I'm sure they can launch a rocket.[/B][/QUOTE] Launching rockets isn't easy, at all. No terrorist will use a rocket, It's much more convenient to have it in a case or truck and just drive it to the area and blow it up.
[QUOTE=radioactive;21297350]Terrorists are not organised enough to make Nuclear Weapons. :colbert:[/QUOTE] I would like to live inside your bubble. Shit must be so cash. [/sarcasm]
I've started up a company called Pulowski Preservation Services. I'm building mini nuclear survival shelters in urban areas. They will be called Pulowski Preservation Shelters. Five dollars for each hour, remember, you can't put a price on survival.
[QUOTE=Boba_Fett;21300394]A rag-tag super team of scientists were able to do it in the 40's.[/QUOTE] I wouldn't call them a rag-tag team by any means
yeah because experts with years of study and massive amounts of funding are a "rag-tag team" [editline]04:21PM[/editline] what the hell does rag-tag mean anyway
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