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01/31/2003 Archived Entry: "Al Qaeda made 'dirty bomb': BBC"

WHY WE FIGHT, REASON NO. 963: The BBC reports that al-Qaida was successful in making a dirty bomb, a crude conventional bomb designed to spread radiation. The real bad news: No one knows where it is.

"British intelligence agents infiltrated the network and found documents that showed Al Qaeda members had built the device near Herat in western Afghanistan, the BBC said, citing unidentified British government officials."

Read on.