PREVENTING THE NIGHTMARE OF......................
Terrorists Attacking America with Russian Nukes
By Ariel Cohen
Ariel Cohen’s area of study ranges from economic development and political reform in the former Soviet republics to US energy security. He has a Ph.D., and is a Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation and co-author and editor of "Eurasia in Balance".
He writes:
"In 2003, Sheikh Nasir bin Hamid al-Fahd, a prominent Saudi cleric close to al-Qaeda, provided a comprehensive religious opinion (fatwa) justifying the use of nuclear weapons against the United States, even it killed up to 10 million Americans, under the pretext that the U.S. is to blame for the deaths of 10 million Moslems.
Over 20 million Moslems – 7% of the total population – live in Russia today. The increasing influence of Salafi/Wahhabi Islam among them may facilitate penetration of the Russian military-industrial complex by collaborators and sympathizers of terrorist organizations.
Anti-Americanism pervades the Russian elite from the top down and is escalating in the media. A former senior Russian officials stated that 'U.S. behavior [vis-à-vis Russia] is not that of a friend, but of an adversary... While we need to talk to the U.S., we need to keep in mind that it is an enemy.' Such anti-Americanism may facilitate illicit transactions involving nuclear weapons or components in which the Russian seller or thief understands that the U.S. is the likely target."
By Ariel Cohen
Ariel Cohen’s area of study ranges from economic development and political reform in the former Soviet republics to US energy security. He has a Ph.D., and is a Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation and co-author and editor of "Eurasia in Balance".
He writes:
"In 2003, Sheikh Nasir bin Hamid al-Fahd, a prominent Saudi cleric close to al-Qaeda, provided a comprehensive religious opinion (fatwa) justifying the use of nuclear weapons against the United States, even it killed up to 10 million Americans, under the pretext that the U.S. is to blame for the deaths of 10 million Moslems.
Over 20 million Moslems – 7% of the total population – live in Russia today. The increasing influence of Salafi/Wahhabi Islam among them may facilitate penetration of the Russian military-industrial complex by collaborators and sympathizers of terrorist organizations.
Anti-Americanism pervades the Russian elite from the top down and is escalating in the media. A former senior Russian officials stated that 'U.S. behavior [vis-à-vis Russia] is not that of a friend, but of an adversary... While we need to talk to the U.S., we need to keep in mind that it is an enemy.' Such anti-Americanism may facilitate illicit transactions involving nuclear weapons or components in which the Russian seller or thief understands that the U.S. is the likely target."
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