The Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI): Working Toward Permanent Threat Reduction

The greatest threat to our national security is the possibility of terrorists acquiring the materials needed to construct and then use a nuclear or radiological weapon of mass destruction. As recently as September 2006, an al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Hamza al Muhajer, called for nuclear scientists and explosive experts to join the of you…the field of jihad can satisfy your scientific ambitions, and the large American bases are good places to test your unconventional weapons, whether biological or dirty, as they call them.” “holy war against the West…We are in dire need The detonation of a crude nuclear weapon or radiological dirty bomb would result in significant loss of life, economic hardship, and psychological effects that would forever change the world. The bipartisan 9/11 Commission report shows that al-Qaeda has tried to acquire or make weapons of mass destruction for at least ten years. The 9/11 Commission believes there is no doubt that the United States would be a prime target.