Driven by profit, hatred of U.S., ex-Soviet nuclear smugglers seek Islamist clients

Over the pulsating beat at an exclusive nightclub, the arms smuggler made his pitch to a client: €2.5 million for enough radioactive cesium to contaminate several city blocks. --It was earlier this year, and the two men were plotting their deal at an unlikely spot: the terrace of Cocos Prive, a dance club and sushi bar in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova. --“You can make a dirty bomb, which would be perfect for the Islamic State,” the smuggler said. “If you have a connection with them, the business will go smoothly.”

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Dr. Wafa Sultan Debates Egyptian Islamist

MEMRI, Special Dispatch Series - No. 1864, March 7, 2008
Note: Editing for their audience?

Arab-American Psychiatrist Wafa Sultan Clashes with Egyptian Islamist Tal'at Rmeih, Program Host on Al-Jazeera TV

On an Al-Jazeera TV program on March 4, 2008, Arab-American psychiatrist Wafa Sultan debated Egyptian Islamist Tal’at Rmeih on Western-Islamic relations, the Danish cartoons, Islamic teachings, the situation in Gaza, freedom of expression in the West, and the Holocaust. Read excerpts from the debate which aired on Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar) here. Read More......