Nukes within a year? ISIS magazine boasts they can be bought in Pakistan

[Humble Analyst]

Another joke which will turn into propoganda against Pakistan!

 

[Dubious]

Should the need arise, Islamic State (formerly ISIS/ISIL) could buy a nuclear weapon in Pakistan within 12 months, the group's in-house magazine boasts in an article attributed to hostage journalist John Cantlie.

The article talks about a "hypothetical operation" in which the Islamic State uses its "billions of dollars" to buy a nuclear device in Pakistan "through weapons dealers with links to corrupt officials in the region."

The weapon could then be transported through Libya and Nigeria. The article suggests that "drug shipments from Columbia bound for Europe pass through West Africa, so moving other types of contraband from East to West is just as possible."

The device would land on the south shores of South America and make its way to Mexico, from where "it’s just a quick hop through a smuggling tunnel" to the US. The chilling conclusion is that in the end, "they’re mingling with another 12 million 'illegal' aliens in America with a nuclear bomb in the trunk of their car."

The author admits this is a "far-fetched" scenario, but goes on to say it is far more possible now than it was a year ago.

Islamic State, he says, "will be looking to do something big, something that would make any past operation look like a squirrel shoot." Something of the scale could be made possible, according to the article, by an unprecedented condensation of various extreme Islamist groups under the terror organization’s wing.

The article mentions militant groups such as Boko Haram, which recently pledged allegiance to Islamic State. It says there are many Boko followers across the Middle East given confidence by the territorial gains made by the ISIS terrorists: "Nothing on this scale has happened this big or this quick before. Huge swathes of Pakistan, Nigeria, Libya, Yemen and the Sinai Peninsula are all now united under the black flag."

The estimates as to the number of ISIS fighters across the territories it control vary greatly. The total number in Iraq and Syria range from about 30,000, according to CIA estimates, to up to 70,000 according to the Russian military, to as many as 200,000, according to a November statement by a Kurdish leader.

It is even more difficult to pinpoint the exact amount of money Islamic State has in its disposal. Some estimates have suggested it has about $2 billion in assets, which puts buying a nuclear weapon far beyond its capability at the moment.

Photojournalist John Cantlie, who is named in the magazine as the author of the article, is a hostage of the Islamic State. The terrorists have held him for over two years now, and used him in a number of propaganda videos. In those videos he says he has converted to the Islamic State’s extremist ideology, but it is widely believed he is being intimidated into making such statements.

Nukes within a year? ISIS magazine boasts they can be bought in Pakistan — RT News

People are more interested in believing what ISIS is saying than the truth let them sell what sells...not until people change their willing to be brainwashed attitude....media will keep being the slave of advertisement for ISIS and their likes

The minute Pakistan tries to stabilize expect it....And then people say we are paranoid about OUTSIDERS trying to destabilize us....Proof / evidence revealing itself over and over I guess!

 

[Azad-Kashmiri]

Indians are the strangest of Allah's creatures. Now they have started beliving in ISIS comic book In this same comic book they said, ''they're going to put isis flag on the White House''!

Here is a challenge for all my Indian brothers, ISIS claims to be an Islamic State; ruled by Sharia Law....now:

1). Show me a verse from the Quran, hadith, or any Classical Islamic source that ALLOWS Muslims to use FIRE to kill?
2). Show me from the above sources that justify killing civilians?

It is forbidden (HARAM) to target CIVILIANS! That is why AQ/ISIS/TTP are khawarij and we will fight them if they ever come close to our borders. They are the 'Dogs of Hell'.

 

[Jungibaaz]

You may purchase them, but first cut all your hearts open and present them to us. Let there not be a single one of you fuckers left on earth.

Hell, if you guys were alone and no collateral could be had, one could almost be forgiven wanting to deliver them to you via some ballistic missiles.

 

[tranquilium]

I hope the author of such article realized that warheads from Pakistan (or India for that matter) are generally fission devices designed for plane delivery. Basically, they are large devices that needs specialized truck to carry. To get nuclear warheads that fits into the trunk and can be smuggled, you have to get it from USA, China or Russia directly. To be honest, I would worry a lot more about the missing warheads from the dissolution of USSR.

Edit: I sincerely hope when US supplied "Syrian rebels" with arms, it didn't give away anything serious, because that one is a lot more likely to blow up in pentagon's face than anything from Pakistan.

 

[SipahSalar]

We will give them a nuke free of cost if baghdadi personally comes to take the package. Hehehe

 

[ayesha.a]

Indians are the strangest of Allah's creatures. Now they have started beliving in ISIS comic book In this same comic book they said, ''they're going to put isis flag on the White House''!

Here is a challenge for all my Indian brothers, ISIS claims to be an Islamic State; ruled by Sharia Law....now:

Where do you see India in the OP? Neither the source of the news, nor the person who posted it here, are Indian. Stop your obsession with India and discuss the topic.

 

[Azad-Kashmiri]

Where do you see India in the OP? Neither the source of the news, nor the person who posted it here, are Indian. Stop your obsession with India and discuss the topic.

My reply was general in nature for Indians and in particular to seeing post 7. I don't obsesse over Indians as they are the ones ALWAYS hovering around like a bad smell when there is an article on Pakistan. I challenge you to prove me wrong and check the comments section on Washington Post, Yahoo news, Times, etc.

 

[Rajput_Pakistani]

If thats the case, then why can't Indian, Russian, Chinese, French or UK official sell a functional nuclear device to ISIS?
And why can't Israel provide them one? After all Israel has provided them everything they need to set on fire ME?
And what about US herself? If a shipment load can be dropped in ISIS lap by "mistake", why can't a nuclear bomb?

Another 9/11 is needed to attack Pakistan. Same conspiracies and scenarios were painted about plane hitting WTC before 9/11.

 

[ayesha.a]

If thats the case, then why can't Indian, Russian, Chinese, French or UK official sell a functional nuclear device to ISIS?

Think about it.

(They can, but they won't.)

And why can't Israel provide them one? After all Israel has provided them everything they need to set on fire ME?

Most of ISIS arms are from Iraqi army stockpiles, which they abandoned when they ran away.

Israel did not need to arm ISIL - Syria was already on fire, with civil war decimating the country. Iraq was actually a promising country, and allied with the US, and therefore it was in Israel's interest to keep it stable. Civil war and mass displacement and breakdown of the state of Iraq was not in Israel's interest.

There is a time when one has to admit that the responsibility for the strife and conflict across the middle east lies primarily with the people in those countries. No matter what your stance regarding Israel and Palestine is.

Another 9/11 is needed to attack Pakistan. Same conspiracies and scenarios were painted about plane hitting WTC before 9/11.

Do you really think that the US needs a 9/11, to attack Pakistan? Or any other country, for that matter?

BTW, try doing a cost-benefit analysis from USA's POV. How much damage would a 9/11 attack do to their economy and society? And how much would another war in a far off land cost them? And what benefits would it bring? It's not like Pakistan is teeming with oil or any other wealth that they can plunder.

 

[Rajput_Pakistani]

Think about it.


Most of ISIS arms are from Iraqi army stockpiles, which they abandoned when they ran away.


Do you really think that the US needs a 9/11, to attack Pakistan? Or any other country, for that matter?

BTW, try doing a cost-benefit analysis from USA's POV. How much damage would a 9/11 attack do to their economy and society? And how much would another war in a far off land cost them? And what benefits would it bring? It's not like Pakistan is teeming with oil or any other wealth that they can plunder.

Didi, go check out hours long documentaries on 9/11 available on youtube. You will get all answers.
Pakistan's nuclear capability is a no-no for USA from day one, India and Israel dont like it either. They need an excuse to neutralize Pakistan nuclear capability.

 

[Shan-e-ibrahim]

Nuclear weapon have become candies for many people. They talk like as if just explode it. These people are not aware of the devastation caused by just 8KT weapon. US tested it, japanese know it , hence US themselves are not in favor of using this weapon hence they also don't allow others to possess.

It does not only kill humanity it kills the existing form of nature.

 

[ayesha.a]

Didi, go check out hours long documentaries on 9/11 available on youtube. You will get all answers.
Pakistan's nuclear capability is a no-no for USA from day one, India and Israel dont like it either. They need an excuse to neutralize Pakistan nuclear capability.

Well, obviously India doesn't like Pakistan's nukes. I'm sure Pakistan isn't particularly fond of India's nukes either.

But the US is not going to do a 9/11 on itself simply to sieze Pakistan's nukes. They lived through half a centuryof cold war, with USSR having a hundred times as many nukes as Pakistan does, and as you know, those two countries were always on the verge of war. Pakistan and USA are not in such a hostile and antagonistic state. USA doesn't have anything to worry about Pakistan's nukes, unlike Russian ones.

I edited my previous post, asking you to do a cost-benefit analysis. Most often the simplest explanation is the right one, despite what youtube videos may lead you to believe. (BTW, there are as many, if not more YT videos dismissing such theories.)

 

[MULUBJA]

Think about it.

(They can, but they won't.)


Most of ISIS arms are from Iraqi army stockpiles, which they abandoned when they ran away.

Israel did not need to arm ISIL - Syria was already on fire, with civil war decimating the country. Iraq was actually a promising country, and allied with the US, and therefore it was in Israel's interest to keep it stable. Civil war and mass displacement and breakdown of the state of Iraq was not in Israel's interest.

There is a time when one has to admit that the responsibility for the strife and conflict across the middle east lies primarily with the people in those countries. No matter what your stance regarding Israel and Palestine is.


Do you really think that the US needs a 9/11, to attack Pakistan? Or any other country, for that matter?

BTW, try doing a cost-benefit analysis from USA's POV. How much damage would a 9/11 attack do to their economy and society? And how much would another war in a far off land cost them? And what benefits would it bring? It's not like Pakistan is teeming with oil or any other wealth that they can plunder.

They have slowly become the champion of conspiracy theory in Zaid Hamid style. They can not accept any truth. Some time ago, there was a thread on PDF saying that Bagdadi is a Israel -US agent. And all Pakistani members posted here that US want to eleminate Islam untill US start bombing ISIS. Their cosperacy theory is beyond any logic. They can provide proofs for that also. Zaid Hamid has a proof that Soldiers of God fought with Indian army along with Pakistani army.

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

I don't think ISIS have billions of dollars. What will they do of nuclear weapons. They want to Use against Shia, Sunni, Ismali, or Qadiani by saying Allah u Akbar ?
Sorry, No nuclear weapon for any state or group. Keep dreaming.