The Al Qaeda Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime, and the Coming Apocalypse

In his book, The Al Qaeda Connection, professor, journalist and former FBI consultant Paul L. Williams, Ph.D. makes a convincing, well-documented case that Osama bin Laden (OBL), Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations are planning a Nuclear 9-11 in the near future. As an Al Qaeda statement reads, "We have the right to kill 4 million Americans-2 million of them children-...and wound and cripple hundreds of thousands. Furthermore, it is our right to fight them with chemical and biological weapons, so as to afflict them with the fatal maladies that have afflicted the Muslims because of the [Americans'] chemical and biological weapons." This attack is planned to occur simultaneously in various cities including Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Miami, and Las Vegas. This attack isn't just "wishful thinking" on the part of the terrorists. They actually have fully assembled nuclear weapons, the knowledge of how to use them, and an estimated thousands of sleeper agents in place in the U.S. After reading this book, I'm thoroughly convinced this is a very likely scenario. In fact, I would be surprised if it *doesn't* happen. Billionaire investor Warren Buffet, who estimates odds of cataclysmic events for major insurance companies, is quoted declaring "an imminent nuclear nightmare within the United States is a 'virtual certainty.'" To say this book is frightening is an understatement. But it is my hope that everyone will read it and take it seriously, particularly those with the power to do something about this threat including those in law enforcement, intelligence, and port and airport security. Here are some of the points Williams explores: * Al Qaeda is hell-bent on inflicting nuclear terrorism on the U.S. This information comes from their leadership, as well as underlings who end up confessing in prison. * As the old Soviet Union fell apart, some soldiers and black marketeers basically had a rummage sale of nuclear materials, suitcase nukes and other nuclear weapons. The Russians claim OBL has 12 to 15 fully assembled nuclear weapons, and the Saudis say 40 to 70. * "Several nuclear weapons, including suitcase bombs, mines, rucksacks, and crude tactical nuclear warheads, have been forward-deployed to the United States." * To make matters worse, a nuclear scientist and Al Qaeda supporter named Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan has become the Johnny Appleseed of nuclear proliferation, providing Pakistan with atomic weapons, and going on to sell his knowledge to North Korea and Iran. Any of these countries could transfer nuclear weapons to terrorists. * Sunni Muslims and Shiite Muslims, historically enemies, are setting aside their differences to work together to terrorize the United States and its allies. * "Muslim terrorist organizations throughout the world, including Hezbollah, have been aiding al Qaeda in this massive undertaking [of Nuclear 9-11]. * Al Qaeda is extremely well-funded. Funding comes from mosq

The difference between the threat of all-out nuclear war with the former Soviet Union and al Qaeda using a nuclear weapon on the U.S. is that the Soviet Union acted rationally. When the Soviet Union was threatened with the same timely and complete destruction that they could wreak upon the U.S. should they be foolish enough to attack us with nuclear weapons, they acted rationally and held back. What threat can be made against al Qaeda to convince them not to use nuclear weapons against the U.S. if they, in fact, have them as Dr. Williams posits in his book? And that is the ultimate question which we must ask ourselves - does al Qaeda have nuclear weapons? For the question is not whether al Qaeda will use these horrible weapons as it was with the Soviet Union. This group surely will. Our one and only question is whether they have them. After reading Dr. Williams' book, I am unable to answer with certainty this most important question of whether al Qaeda has nuclear weapons. However, Dr. Williams makes a cogent argument that al Queda does have nuclear weapons, that at least some of those weapons are in place in certain U.S. cities, that it is only a matter of time until they are simultaneously detonated in each of those cities, and he cites his sources. What is more, he argues that bin Laden has received religious justification and permission for his cause and that his cause is to kill four million Americans, two million of whom must be children, as a sort of Holy vengeance against the U.S. for having done, in bin Laden's eyes, the same thing to Islamic people through our wars and our embargoes. I do not believe the money Dr. Williams will make from this book will off-set the scorn he has and will continue to receive from so many people for daring to write what is on the pages of his book. That strongly suggests to me that Dr. Williams did not write this book as mere hyperbole to make a buck. I believe Dr. Williams is convinced that the words he has penned and now shares with America are the truth as he has uncovered it. Our challenge is to read and investigate for ourselves and then to take appropriate action. Dr. Williams' book is an excellent place to begin this investigation. If he is right, the consequences of our ignorance will be devastating. Let us not be ignorant.

Horrifying if true; great fiction if all is false. The book is well-paced and well-sourced. Regardless of the review by an apparently holier-than-thou narcissist, the book is a job well done. The 'critic' worried about Mr. Williams' PhD should spend more time taking issue with Mr. Williams' sources--the substance of the book--rather than attacking Mr. Williams personally. As someone who has participated in the War on Terror both on the front lines and in support in the Marine Corps, I know personally a lot of what Mr. Williams writes about is genuinely the case.

Even better than OSAMA'S REVENGE, THE AL QAEDA CONNECTION deals with the incredible situation at the border, the spread of Al Qaeda throughout South America, the ties between bin Laden and A. Q. Khan, the sleeper cells within the media and (even) the FBI, and the very real threat of the simultaneous nuclear attack of seven American cities. Don't read it if your faint of heart.