Suspected Paris attacker possessed information on German nuclear plant - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Authorities found documents in Salah Abdeslam's apartment referring to a nuclear facility in Germany. The report, which officials have denied, comes amid growing concern over terrorists' use of nuclear weapons. RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) reported on Thursday that documents discovered in alleged Paris terrorist attacker Salah Abdeslam's Brussels apartment suggest he was gathering information about a nuclear facility in Germany. The only surviving alleged perpetrator of the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, Abdeslam reportedly possessed printed internet articles pertaining to Jülich Research Center, a facility in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia that stores nuclear material.[/QUOTE] Source: [url]http://www.dw.com/en/suspected-paris-attacker-possessed-information-on-german-nuclear-plant/a-19185813[/url]

More unbased speculation? Having documents refering to a nuclear power plant could mean anything from a print off of Wikipedia to a Greenpeace leaflet

[quote]The report, which officials have denied...[/quote] Any anti-nuclear just need to make this suggestion for it to spread like wildfire through the media as truth.

So the authorities denied the authorities finding documents. How clear. Even if true, there's no particular reason to believe the "documents" to be sensitive or even useful. We already know they were plotting an attack against a nuclear facility, so this is merely an attempt at sensationalism.

"comes amid growing concern over terrorists' use of nuclear weapons" Uuh what use of nuclear weapons, and what concern? If I remember right the last time a nuke was used against anything other than barren desert, the pacific ocean or its islands was 1945. That said though I'm curious as to why terrorists haven't gone to the lengths of acquiring some form of nuclear device. I was under the impression that the black market was lousy with warheads because of the Soviet Union's collapse.

[QUOTE=Morbo!!!;50137434]"comes amid growing concern over terrorists' use of nuclear weapons" Uuh what use of nuclear weapons, and what concern? If I remember right the last time a nuke was used against anything other than barren desert, the pacific ocean or its islands was 1945.[/QUOTE] Yeah I can't tell if the article is just very badly written, or if they're actually trying to imply that you can get nuclear warheads from nuclear power plants.

i find it funny that people think that they could've even gotten past security

[QUOTE=Morbo!!!;50137434]That said though I'm curious as to why terrorists haven't gone to the lengths of acquiring some form of nuclear device. I was under the impression that the black market was lousy with warheads because of the Soviet Union's collapse.[/QUOTE] More difficult than it sounds. And the big problem with it is actually transporting the thing to a high-profile target in the US. There are a lot of people out there willing to look the other way over a crate of cigarettes, but not so many people willing to risk themselves over a nuclear weapon that could kill thousands of people and land them in a nice dark room with a couple of CIA agents.

[QUOTE=Snowmew;50140256]More difficult than it sounds. And the big problem with it is actually transporting the thing to a high-profile target in the US. There are a lot of people out there willing to look the other way over a crate of cigarettes, but not so many people willing to risk themselves over a nuclear weapon that could kill thousands of people and land them in a nice dark room with a couple of CIA agents.[/QUOTE] International agencies also put a lot of work into disrupting these exchanges and securing any loose nuclear weapons. I don't think these organizations have disclosed whether their attempts have born any fruit, but there's only so many rogue nuclear weapons in the world. Just taking one off the black market would be a profound victory.

[QUOTE=Morbo!!!;50137434]"comes amid growing concern over terrorists' use of nuclear weapons" Uuh what use of nuclear weapons, and what concern? If I remember right the last time a nuke was used against anything other than barren desert, the pacific ocean or its islands was 1945. That said though I'm curious as to why terrorists haven't gone to the lengths of acquiring some form of nuclear device. I was under the impression that the black market was lousy with warheads because of the Soviet Union's collapse.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Cheshire_cat;50140454]International agencies also put a lot of work into disrupting these exchanges and securing any loose nuclear weapons. I don't think these organizations have disclosed whether their attempts have born any fruit, but there's only so many rogue nuclear weapons in the world. Just taking one off the black market would be a profound victory.[/QUOTE] If you like watching Vice perhaps, but here in he real world there aren't any "loose" nuclear weapons.