Leaked documents from WikiLeaks claim the Al-Qaeda terror group has tried to secure the materials needed to make a radioactive "dirty bomb."
The released U.S. diplomatic cables show security chiefs had told NATO officials in 2009 that Al-Qaeda was planning a program of "dirty radioactive improvised explosive devices."
The memos detailed how a freight train on the Kazakhstan-Russia border was found to be carrying weapons-grade material while a "small-time" dealer in Lisbon tried to sell radioactive materials stolen from Chornobyl, the damaged nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
compiled from agency reports
The released U.S. diplomatic cables show security chiefs had told NATO officials in 2009 that Al-Qaeda was planning a program of "dirty radioactive improvised explosive devices."
The memos detailed how a freight train on the Kazakhstan-Russia border was found to be carrying weapons-grade material while a "small-time" dealer in Lisbon tried to sell radioactive materials stolen from Chornobyl, the damaged nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
compiled from agency reports
