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Australia’s Foreign Minister makes a claim about ISIS collecting materials for a “dirty bomb”

ISIS may have collected radioactive materials for nuclear ‘dirty’ bomb, says Australian Foreign Minister, First Post,  Jun 11, 2015 Melbourne: The Islamic State is believed to have collected radioactive material from hospitals and research establishments in cities it has captured in Iraq and Syria which it could use to build a large “dirty” bomb, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has warned.

ISIS had declared its ambition to develop weapons of mass destruction in the most recent edition of its propaganda magazine Dabiq, stating that there is an “infinitely” greater chance of the cash-rich group smuggling its first nuclear weapon from Pakistan to attack the US within a year.

Bishop told The Australian that NATO was deeply concerned about the theft of radioactive material.

“The insurgents did not just clear out the cash from local banks,” she was quoted as saying.

In a speech in Perth last week, Bishop warned that the Islamic State may be developing poison-gas weapons.

Julie later told the daily that her speech was based on reports from the Defence Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade………http://www.firstpost.com/world/isis-may-have-collected-radioactive-materials-for-nuclear-dirty-bomb-says-australian-foreign-minister-2291388.html

June 13, 2015 - Posted by | general

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