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Cheney: WMD Attack on Obama's Watch 'Highly Probable'

Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:41 am PST

Watching the signals of weakness being thrown off by the Obama administration, former Vice President Dick Cheney is worried. Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned that there is a “high probability” that terrorists will attempt a catastrophic nuclear or biological attack in coming years, and said he fears the ...

Barack Obama, WMD, Terrorism, Dick Cheney

The Five-Year Terror Forecast

Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 7:23 pm PST

Here’s your cheerful five-year forecast from the Department of Homeland Security. WASHINGTON — The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security and increasing Internet savvy, says a new intelligence ...

Terrorism, United States, WMD, DHS

Task Force on WMD: The Risk is Increasing

Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:08 am PST

The risk of an attack against the US with weapons of mass destruction is growing, and it shouldn’t surprise anyone. Except maybe some Obama voters. The odds that terrorists will soon strike a major city with weapons of mass destruction are now better than even, a bipartisan congressionally mandated ...

Terrorism, Militant Islam, Pakistan, WMD, Nuclear Proliferation, biological weapons

Pirates Die Strangely After Hijacking Iranian Ship

Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 11:32 am PDT

A disturbing report in a South African newspaper: The Times - Pirates die strangely after taking Iranian ship. A tense standoff has developed in waters off Somalia over an Iranian merchant ship laden with a mysterious cargo that was hijacked by pirates. Somali pirates suffered skin burns, lost hair ...

Iran, pirates, South Africa, WMD, Chemical Weapons, radiation

JPost: US-Israeli Report Shows Saddam Transferred WMDs to Syria

Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:08 am PDT

This is the second tantalizing hint from the Jerusalem Post that big news may be about to break in the long-running story of Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction: ’Report on Sept. 6 strike to show Saddam transferred WMDs to Syria’. An upcoming joint US-Israel report on the September ...

LGF, Syria, Saddam Hussein, WMD, Israel

JPost: Saddam's WMDs Found?

Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:05 pm PDT

An interesting report at the Jerusalem Post, subject to the 24/48 hour rule of verification of course: ‘Report on Sept. 6 strike to show Saddam transferred WMDs to Syria’. An upcoming joint US-Israel report on the September 6 IAF strike on a Syrian facility will claim that former Iraqi ...

LGF, Syria, Mughniyeh, Hizballah, Hezbollah, Terrorism, Saddam Hussein, WMD

Nerve Gas Discovered at United Nations Building?

Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 9:52 am PDT

According to ABC News, UN weapons inspectors have finally discovered some weapons of mass destruction—at a United Nations building in Manhattan: Nerve Gas Scare at U.N. Headquarters. United Nations weapons inspectors discovered six to eight vials of a dangerous nerve gas, phosgene, as they were cleaning out offices at ...

LGF, United Nations, Nerve Gas, WMD

Palestinians Claim Chemical Attack

Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 6:58 pm PDT

“Gunmen” from Mahmoud Abbas’ “loosely linked armed wing,” the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, claim that they fired a rocket into Israel tipped with a chemical warhead. GAZA (Reuters) - A spokesman for gunmen in the Gaza Strip said they had fired a rocket tipped with a chemical warhead at Israel ...

Palestinians, Terrorism, Kidnapping, Gaza, WMD

Palestinians Threaten Chem/Bio Attacks

Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 4:19 pm PDT

The Palestinian terror gang Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (the suicide bomber wing of Fatah) now says they have chemical and biological weapons. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) They’re asking to be smacked. Hard. The Aksa Martyrs Brigades announced on Sunday that its members have succeeded in manufacturing chemical and biological weapons. ...

Palestinians, Al Aqsa Martys Brigades, WMD

500 Sarin, Mustard Gas Shells Confirmed in Iraq

Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 4:19 pm PDT

Oh, by the way ... there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq: Document Details WMD Recovered In Iraq, Santorum Says. (CNSNews.com) - Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) and Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.) announced Wednesday the finding of over 500 munitions or weapons of mass destruction, specifically “sarin- and mustard-filled projectiles,” ...

Iraq, WMD

The Swedish Anthrax Case

Sun, May 21, 2006 at 9:29 pm PDT

I missed this when it was posted at Gates of Vienna last Thursday, but according to a translated article from Denmark’s Jyllands-Posten, someone in Jordan wants to buy Swedish anthrax. Attempted theft of anthrax from Swedish University Persons from the Middle-East have attempted to con the University of Gothenburg (Göteborg ...

Sweden, WMD, Anthrax, Jordan

Melanie Phillips: Saddam's Secrets

Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 3:52 pm PDT

Melanie Phillips speaks with former Air Vice Marshal in Saddam’s Iraq, Georges Sada, about his claim that Saddam shipped biological and chemical weapons to Syria; much of it will be familiar to lizardoids who’ve been keeping up with this story, but Sada’s reaction to prevailing Western opinion is interesting: In ...

Melanie Phillips, Iraq, Sada, WMD

Laughably Biased Headline of the Day

Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 8:11 pm PST

I mean, really. Reuters isn’t even trying to hide it any more: Bush clings to pre-emptive force. And the first paragraph reinforces the message in case you missed it: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush clung to his doctrine of using preemptive force against threats of weapons of mass ...

Media Bias, Bush, WMD

Captured Documents to Be Released

Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 5:43 pm PST

Stephen Hayes reports that the documents captured in post-war Afghanistan and Iraq will finally be released. The Bush administration has decided to release most of the documents captured in post-war Afghanistan and Iraq. The details of the document release are still being worked out, according to officials with knowledge of ...

Stephen Hayes, Iraq, Afghanistan, Documents, WMD

The Nightmare This Time

Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 9:29 am PST

Here’s an excellent piece by Graham Allison on the catastrophic consequences for the US if Iran is allowed to become a nuclear state: The nightmare this time.

Graham Allison, Iran, WMD, Nuclear Weapons