American Hiroshima

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"American Hiroshima" is a term for a proposed nuclear attack on the United States, mentioned in documents captured from apparent Al-Qaeda sources.

Several books and films discuss the American Hiroshima threat, including:

• American Hiroshima by David Dionisi [1]
• Nuclear Terrorism by Harvard's Graham Allison
• Countdown to Terror by Congressman Curt Weldon
• Southland Tales, a film by Richard Kelly
• Last Best Chance a docudrama produced by the Nuclear Threat Initiative
• King of Bombs: A Novel About Nuclear Terrorism by Sheldon Filger[2]

[edit] External links

• White House fact sheet: "Plots, Casings, and Infiltrations Referenced in President Bush's Remarks on the War on Terror"
• Al Qaeda's Nuclear Weapons and Plans
• "Tancredo to request al-Qaida nuke briefing", WorldNetDaily, July 13, 2005
• FBI's Mueller: Al-Qaida Has Intent to Use Nuclear Weapons