Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3531-1004206309-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Sat, 27 Oct 2001 11:13:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 28053 invoked by uid 510); 27 Oct 2001 18:11:10 -0000 Received: from n21.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.71) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 27 Oct 2001 18:11:10 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3531-1004206309-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.55] by n21.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Oct 2001 18:10:59 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 27 Oct 2001 18:11:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 9436 invoked from network); 27 Oct 2001 18:11:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 27 Oct 2001 18:11:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 27 Oct 2001 18:11:41 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f9RIBrB16432 for iwar@onelist.com; Sat, 27 Oct 2001 11:11:53 -0700 Message-Id: <200110271811.f9RIBrB16432@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 11:11:53 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Nuclear.safety.of.world.is.at.stake,.Blair.tells.troops] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit SATURDAY OCTOBER 27 2001 Nuclear safety of world is at stake, Blair tells troops BY PHILIP WEBSTER, POLITICAL EDITOR TONY BLAIR gave a warning yesterday of the ultimate threat of nuclear attack from Osama bin Laden's terrorist network unless it was destroyed. Speaking on British Forces Radio as Britain's contribution to the ground conflict in Afghanistan was being disclosed, Mr Blair said that the campaign was essential to protect national security and civilised values. It was a fight worth undertaking because of what was at stake. "If these terrorists who killed over 6,000 people in America are allowed to carry on building up their terrorist network, possibly acquiring chemical, biological, even nuclear weapons of mass destruction, our world will be an insecure, unsafe place and there will be no corner of the world - particularly not a place like Britain - that will be untouched by that," he said. "So we have to carry out the necessary action to close that terrorist network down and to bring to account those that perpetrated September 11." Mr Blair was speaking the day after intelligence sources disclosed that bin Laden has acquired nuclear material to use in his terrorist war against the West. The sources, quoted by The Times , said that it was believed that he had not yet secured the capability to mount a nuclear attack, but that was his eventual aim. Downing Street officials said that obtaining materials did not mean that bin Laden was able to develop them into bombs. However, sources admitted that the fear of bin Laden becoming a nuclear threat to the world lay behind the constant warnings from President Bush and Mr Blair about the need to stop him before he did more - and possibly worse - damage. Mr Blair said that committing British forces to the campaign was a "huge responsibility" and he paid tribute to their "service, courage and bravery". "Of course it is a huge responsibility that we only take in circumstances where we believe there is no other alternative. It is a huge responsibility to commit our Armed Forces but in my view it is justified in circumstances where our people are at risk," he said. "From the very time that this terrible act on September 11 took place, when literally thousands of innocent people were killed, it has been obvious that we have to stop the terrorist network that perpetrated the attacks. If we don't then our own people here in Britain are at risk, people around the world are at risk, and there is no doubt that if this terrorist network isn't stopped it will commit even worse outrages." The Prime Minister refused to be drawn on the exact nature of any operations in which British Armed Forces might be involved but said that the objectives remained the destruction of al-Qaeda and the "removal and disablement" of the Taleban. "Obviously, to do that, we have achieved a certain amount through airpower. There will be operations that we can also mount in support of that in Afghanistan," he said. "The exact nature of those things though, I am afraid I can't discuss." ------------------------ Yahoo! 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