Comments on: Smuggling Nuclear Materials Into The US http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:53:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: GN http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-10479 GN Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:59:38 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/#comment-10479 Bob - Everybody hates the cops ... till they need them. Bob – Everybody hates the cops … till they need them.

]]> By: Bob http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-10453 Bob Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:31:13 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/#comment-10453 I had no idea that "Interpol" was short for International Criminal Police Organization. It would be way funnier to use just the acronym -- ICPO -- and pronounce it "Ickypoo" I had no idea that “Interpol” was short for International Criminal Police Organization. It would be way funnier to use just the acronym — ICPO — and pronounce it “Ickypoo”

]]> By: GN http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-10089 GN Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:37:16 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/#comment-10089 Justin, Not racist ... by any standard Black friends .... not Panthers White friends .... not KKKers Spanish friends ... not Crips Gay friends ... not pervs Yadda, yadda, Yadda Islamophobe? dinner last night with Egyptian friends .....not terrorists What i8t really makes us is ... thoughtful and literate. (somewhat) Justin,
Not racist … by any standard

Black friends …. not Panthers
White friends …. not KKKers
Spanish friends … not Crips
Gay friends … not pervs
Yadda, yadda, Yadda

Islamophobe? dinner last night with Egyptian friends …..not terrorists

What i8t really makes us is … thoughtful and literate. (somewhat)

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-10017 Justin Gardner Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:19:13 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/#comment-10017 Exactly GN. Thank you. But you do realize this makes us both racists and islamophobes. Tis said...but tis true... Exactly GN. Thank you.

But you do realize this makes us both racists and islamophobes.

Tis said…but tis true…

]]> By: GN http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-10009 GN Wed, 29 Mar 2006 03:05:05 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/#comment-10009 Cal - No one smuggles dirty bombs into Dubai ... they smuggle dirty bombs THROUGH Dubai. You can move anything through "Smuggler's Creek". U.S. News & World Report had to say about Dubai back in December 2005: But Dubai also serves as the region's criminal crossroads, a hub for smuggling, money laundering, and underground banking. There are Russian and Indian mobsters, Iranian arms traffickers, and Arab jihadists. Funds for the 9/11 hijackers and African embassy bombers were transferred through the city. It was the heart of Pakistani scientist A. Q. Khan's black market in nuclear technology and other proliferation cases. Half of all applications to buy U.S. military equipment from Dubai are from bogus front companies, officials say. "Iran," adds one U.S. official, "is building a bomb through Dubai." Last year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents thwarted the shipment of 3,000 U.S. military night-vision goggles by an Iranian pair based in Dubai. Moving goods undetected is not hard. Dhows--rickety wooden boats that have plowed the Arabian Sea for centuries--move along the city center, uninspected, down the aptly named Smuggler's Creek. Cal – No one smuggles dirty bombs into Dubai … they smuggle dirty bombs THROUGH Dubai. You can move anything through “Smuggler’s Creek”.

U.S. News & World
Report had to say about Dubai back in December 2005:

But Dubai also serves as the region’s criminal
crossroads, a hub for smuggling, money
laundering, and underground banking. There
are Russian and Indian mobsters, Iranian
arms traffickers, and Arab jihadists. Funds for
the 9/11 hijackers and African embassy
bombers were transferred through the city. It
was the heart of Pakistani scientist A. Q.
Khan’s black market in nuclear technology
and other proliferation cases. Half of all
applications to buy U.S. military equipment
from Dubai are from bogus front companies,
officials say. “Iran,” adds one U.S. official, “is
building a bomb through Dubai.” Last year,
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
agents thwarted the shipment of 3,000 U.S.
military night-vision goggles by an Iranian
pair based in Dubai. Moving goods undetected
is not hard. Dhows–rickety wooden boats
that have plowed the Arabian Sea for
centuries–move along the city center,
uninspected, down the aptly named
Smuggler’s Creek.

]]> By: Callimachus http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-9980 Callimachus Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:19:39 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/#comment-9980 So, uh, has anyone ever successfully smuggled dirty bombs into Dubai? Just asking. So, uh, has anyone ever successfully smuggled dirty bombs into Dubai? Just asking.

]]> By: GN http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-9964 GN Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:47:13 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/#comment-9964 I agree with you, LF, this is a good thing .... we should be testing on a continuous basis. The good thing is that I think we are doing that, but it rarely makes the press. I agree with you, LF, this is a good thing …. we should be testing on a continuous basis. The good thing is that I think we are doing that, but it rarely makes the press.

]]> By: Lonely Federalist http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-9960 Lonely Federalist Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:07:40 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/#comment-9960 No, not a banner moment...but overall, a good thing. Not good that it happened, but good that it was exposed, good that there was some embarrassment caused (we can hope, at least...pols are strange about what they choose to be embarrassed about), and good that DHS is getting the means to address the exposure. I hope it keeps on happening, and that we continue to probe for our exposures...because THEY aren't going to stop doing so. No, not a banner moment…but overall, a good thing.

Not good that it happened, but good that it was exposed, good that there was some embarrassment caused (we can hope, at least…pols are strange about what they choose to be embarrassed about), and good that DHS is getting the means to address the exposure.

I hope it keeps on happening, and that we continue to probe for our exposures…because THEY aren’t going to stop doing so.

]]> By: Alan Stewart Carl http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-9957 Alan Stewart Carl Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:45:30 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/03/28/smuggling-nukes-into-the-us/#comment-9957 Apparently the guards detected the radioactivity but were fooled by forged documents and let the shipments into the country. They are now receiving the means to identify fake documents. Not a banner moment for national security, is it? Apparently the guards detected the radioactivity but were fooled by forged documents and let the shipments into the country. They are now receiving the means to identify fake documents.

Not a banner moment for national security, is it?

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