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  • A dirty-bomb attack in a Western or Asian city would kill relatively few people but it would engender panic and likely damage global investor confidence.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • A dirty-bomb attack in a Western or Asian city would kill relatively few people but it would engender panic and likely damage global investor confidence.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • A dirty-bomb attack in a Western or Asian city would kill relatively few people but it would engender panic and likely damage global investor confidence.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • A dirty-bomb attack in a Western or Asian city would kill relatively few people but it would engender panic and likely damage global investor confidence.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • "The Lost Boy: A Reporter at Large" is about a child separated from his family by a dirty-bomb attack on Baltimore.

    Rapt in Translation; Zombie Zoology Sam Sacks 2011

  • The government eventually dropped its dirty-bomb conspiracy charges against American Jose Padilla, the Bush administration's poster boy for the threat.

    South Africa's 'dirty bomb' mystery 2010

  • Among the reasons: his failure to disclose on his confirmation questionnaire that he had filed an amicus brief on behalf of Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen imprisoned for having planned a dirty-bomb attack.

    Catching bomb suspect was rare moment for Holder to celebrate 2010

  • But Ali Soufan, an FBI interrogator who worked closely with Zubaydah, said the FBI "extracted crucial intelligence -- including the identity of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as the architect of 9/11 and the dirty-bomb plot of Jose Padilla -- before CIA contractors even began their aggressive tactics."

    The Progress Report: Myths Of The Torture Apologists 2009

  • Bachmann pointed to reports of dirty-bomb threats allegedly made against NFL stadiums last week.

    MN-06: Bachmann Raises Specter Of Terror Plot — Even Though It Was Hoax 2009

  • It depends on whether you believe that someone accused of plotting a dirty-bomb attack should have to wear blacked-out goggles and have his legs shackled when he is taken outside solitary confinement for a dentist's appointment.

    Howard Kurtz Slaps Fellow Postie George Will For Smearing Webb 2009

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