al-Qaida Seeks Uncoventional Weapons Use (says UN panel)

[Rose Siding]

UNITED NATIONS -- The al-Qaida terror network is determined to use chemical and biological weapons and is restrained only by the technical difficulties of doing so, a U.N. expert panel said in a confidential report.

Sanctions on supporters of al-Qaida and Afghanistan's former Taliban rulers appear to be too limited to prevent them from obtaining weapons and explosives, said the report, obtained Friday by The Associated Press.

"The risk of al-Qaida acquiring and using weapons of mass destruction also continues to grow," the experts said. "Undoubtedly al-Qaida is still considering the use of chemical or bio-weapons to perpetrate its terrorist actions."

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The report is the second by the expert group established in January by the U.N. Security Council to monitor implementation of sanctions against 272 individuals and entities linked to al-Qaida and Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime. The sanctions include freezing assets, a travel ban, and an arms embargo.

The experts said the bans were failing to stop Osama bin Laden's supporters, primarily because governments weren't enforcing sanctions and al-Qaida and the Taliban had found ways to circumvent them.

Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen reported the arrest of individuals linked to al-Qaida and the Taliban, yet in most cases they didn't submit the names to be put on the sanctions list, the report said.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-un-fighting-terrorism,0,5042259.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[TahitiNut]

1. duplicate avoidance kick

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2. 'Tis always prudent to be careful, but I wonder!

I find it strange that this article refers to the U.N. as experts, but yet the U.S. didn't trust the U.N. to stay any longer for inspections. The rest is history.

[Rose Siding]

3. The speaker named is a Brit

Us being who we are, them being who they are...NO ONE has credibility.