from The wrap, Guardian Unlimited's daily round-up of today's papers. Ros Taylor 01 November 2001 ***NUCLEAR PLANT SECURITY TIGHTENED*** A nuclear threat emerges in several of the papers today, which report tighter security surrounding US power plants. Planes have been banned from flying within ten miles and below 18,000ft above a reactor. Six men "of Middle Eastern appearance" carrying maps of the Alaskan oil pipeline and a Florida nuclear plant were arrested in a Midwest state at the weekend, only to be released after their Israeli passport numbers had been checked. The Times and FT report a warning from the International Atomic Energy Agency that terrorists could build a primitive nuclear bomb by stealing radioactive materials from hospitals. The practice would be virtually suicidal, says the FT, because assembling the weapon would be so dangerous. But a "dirty bomb", which could spread radiation via a conventional explosion, would cause panic among civilians even if its effects were relatively mild. * FBI manhunt after nuclear suspects freed http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,584658,00.html * FT: Atomic agency warns of nuclear terror risk http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftcpagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3KALWNHTC&; live=true&tagid=IXLB0PYY8CC THE END ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrHhl.bVKZIr Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
