UN says al Qaeda determined to use WMD
MSNBC:
"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.
"... The only thing holding al-Qaida back from using chemical and biological weapons 'is the technical complexity to operate them properly and effectively,' the report said.
"...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."
MSNBC:
"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.
"... The only thing holding al-Qaida back from using chemical and biological weapons 'is the technical complexity to operate them properly and effectively,' the report said.
"...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."
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