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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 570

dirty bomb

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi greet each other during their meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, October 11, 2022. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
November 1, 2022, 12:09 pm
UN nuclear watchdog begins probe of Russia’s dirty bomb claim
Moscow has made unsubstantiated accusations that Ukraine is preparing to use an explosive laced with radioactive materials
By ANDREW MELDRUM
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with the heads of delegations of the Conference of Heads of Security and Intelligence Agencies of the Commonwealth of Independent States countries via a videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, October 26, 2022. (Alexei Babushkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
October 26, 2022, 5:42 pm
Putin monitors simulation of ‘massive nuclear strike’ by strategic forces
Russian leader repeats claim Ukraine plotting to set off a ‘dirty bomb’ in a false flag attack, as defense chief discusses allegation with his Chinese and Indian counterparts
By AP
Ukrainian soldiers fire at Russian positions with a mortar in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, October 21, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)
October 25, 2022, 3:05 pm
Moscow’s claim Ukraine planning to use ‘dirty bomb’ is just a diversion, experts say
Analyst says Russia’s allegation ‘just noise’ for now; most believe there’s little chance false flag attack could really be used as a pretext for nuke detonation
By Daphné BENOIT
An intercontinental ballistic missile lifts off from a silo somewhere in Russia, in undated footage. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, via AP)
October 24, 2022, 10:06 pm
US says no sign Russia has decided to use nukes or ‘dirty bomb’ in Ukraine
‘The Ukrainians are not building a dirty bomb,’ US military official says, after Moscow claims that Kyiv may deploy an unconventional device
By AFP
Illustrative: An Islamic State terrorist waves the jihadist organization's flag (CC BY-SA Alatele fr, Flickr)
August 18, 2017, 11:50 pm
Israel’s former counter terrorism chief warns: IS will carry out chemical attack
Islamic State’s worst ‘is yet to come,’ warns Nitzan Nuriel
By ToI Staff
US President Barack Obama (C) speaks during the opening plenary of the Nuclear Security Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Apri1 1, 2016 in Washington, DC (AFP / Mandel Ngan)
April 1, 2016, 7:27 pm
IS ‘madmen’ would gladly use nukes, Obama warns summit
President says a bomb containing fissile material the size of an apple could kill and injure hundreds of thousands, shake the world
By AFP
US President Barack Obama listens as French President Francois Hollande speaks during their meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
April 1, 2016, 7:03 pm
Obama hails Iran deal as a model for nuclear diplomacy
At world summit on nuclear threats, president lauds accord’s achievements, admits it hasn’t curbed Tehran’s missile program, support of terror
By AP
Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz speaks during a Knesset plenum session on September 7, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 31, 2016, 5:35 am
World leaders tackle threat of nuclear terrorism
Israeli energy minister flies to Washington to participate in summit on threat of extremist groups attacking Western city
By AP and ToI Staff
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano poses for a photographer at the IAEA's headquarters in Vienna on March 24, 2016, ahead of a summit on nuclear security hosted by US President Barack Obama in Washington DC on March 30-31. (AFP / JOE KLAMAR)
March 26, 2016, 2:59 am
UN nuclear chief: Terrorists have means, knowledge to build the bomb
IAEA head Yukiya Amano says world leaders must do more to ensure extremists cannot get hands on material for atomic weapons
By Simon Sturdee and AFP
This undated photo provided by the Georgia Interior Ministry shows part of a seizure of radioactive substances including iridium-192 and europium-152. Police in Kutaisi, Georgia arrested two people involved in the smuggling in February 2011 (photo credit: AP/Georgia Interior Ministry)
February 18, 2016, 8:57 am
‘Highly dangerous’ radioactive material in Iraq stolen – report
Fearing an Islamic State dirty bomb, officials are searching for Ir-192 that went missing from a US-owned facility in Basra
By Tamar Pileggi
Tebilisi, the capital of Georgia. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
January 11, 2016, 10:06 pm
Georgia arrests suspected radioactive materials smugglers
Three men nabbed for trying to sell cesium-137, a byproduct of nuclear reactors that could make a ‘dirty bomb’
By AP
Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks during a press briefing in Manila on December 7, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / Jay DIRECTO)
December 7, 2015, 6:16 pm
UN watchdog: Terrorists may seek nuclear material for ‘dirty’ bomb
International Atomic Energy Agency chief urges countries to secure such substances as devices could pose ‘real threat’
By AFP
A sample of uranium-235 is tested for radioactivity in Chisinau, Moldova, June 27, 201. (Moldova Police via AP)
October 7, 2015, 8:01 am
Nuclear smugglers sought terrorist buyers
Criminal gangs, with suspected ties to Russia, have made several attempts to sell radioactive bomb-making material
By Desmond Butler and VADIM GHIRDA
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