By Charles D. Ferguson
The 4 Faces of Nuclear Terrorism, a brand new ebook from the heart for Nonproliferation experiences, assesses the motivations and functions of terrorist companies to obtain and use nuclear guns, to manufacture and and detonate crude nuclear explosives, to strike nuclear energy crops and different nuclear amenities, and to construct and hire radiological guns or "dirty bombs."
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36-39. 23 Karmon, “Olympic Bomb Plot to Blow up Sydney Nuclear Reactor Foiled”; Laquer, The New Terrorism, pp. 72-73. The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism 45 Gurr and Cole, The New Face of Terrorism, p. 115. For more information on the Alphabet Bomber see: Jeffrey D. Simon, “The Alphabet Bomber,” in Tucker, Toxic Terror, pp. 71-94; William M. Carley, “A Time to Heal: Unabomber’s Package Leaves Decade of Pain and Shattered Dreams,” Wall Street Journal, October 17, 1995, p. A1. 26 Gary Ackerman and Dr.
15 As with apocalyptic groups, politico-religious groups unable to acquire a nuclear weapon could attempt to produce an improvised nuclear device instead. An IND would still serve the dual goals of a politicoreligious group: manipulation and mass devastation. Also, producing an IND may bring more prestige to a terrorist group than acquiring an intact nuclear weapon. Such production ability would greatly enhance the threat posed by a terrorist group. Unlike apocalyptic terrorists, politico-religious terrorists are not concerned merely with bringing death and destruction.
This group has major global changes as its core objective and justifies the use of any type of violence necessary to reach that goal. It is not worried about crossing the nuclear threshold and causing a new level of destruction; nor is it concerned with retaliation or its The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism 33 followers’ reactions. Al Qaeda’s belief system fully justifies resorting to whatever means necessary to attack the West and specifically the United States as a means toward their ultimate goal of returning the Muslim world to global dominance under their guidance.
