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Editorial: A chilling poser on nuke option

A chilling poser on nuke option Business Mirror, Philippines, 12 Dec 08 “………………………….The United States lost even more of what remained of its appetite for nuclear energy soon after September 11, 2001. The nuke threat America now faces comes not from a rival superpower, but from terrorist groups and even disgruntled kooks…………………..authorities have arrested an American suspected of trying to develop a nuke-spiked “dirty” bomb while there have been dozens of reported cases of attempted theft and sales of nuclear and radioactive material. Multinational forces have reportedly discovered a diagram for a nuclear device at an Al-Qaeda safe house in Kabul.The problem with nuclear power is that the ingredients required to generate electricity and those needed to manufacture a weapon are essentially the same.In a country whose authorities cannot be trusted to keep under detention some of Southeast Asia’s most notorious cross-border terrorists, anxiety over our ability to secure a nuclear plant from pilferage, sabotage and attack will persist…………………Foreign surveys say the Philippines is Asia’s most corrupt country and the second-most corrupt in the world.

Editorial: A chilling poser on nuke option

December 12, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized