Al Qaeda’s Number 2 Zawahiri Threatens Use of Nukes

Al-Zawahiri reportedly replied, "If you have 30 million dollars, you can go to the black market in Central Asia, make contact with a disgruntled Russian scientist and get from him suitcase nuclear weapons." In the interview, whose date he did not reveal, Mir said that dealers had met with Al-Qaeda members and that the organization had sent representatives to Moscow, Tashkent and other central Asian states to buy nuclear weapons.

Noting that al-Zawahiri had made similar statements in 2001, experts emphasized that the statements cannot be considered proof.

Is al-Zawahiri dead?

American Fox Television News has claimed that al-Zawahiri may be dead. In reports from unrevealed sources, the station claimed that al-Zawahiri may be among the thousands of guerillas killed in the fighting in Afghanistan.