'Dirty bombs' a real terror threat in India

New Delhi: Airports in India could be targeted by terrorist using "dirty bombs", a lethal cocktail of conventional explosives and low-grade radioactive material designed to spread radiation over a wide area.
A recent threat assessment survey conducted by the CISF, which guards 54 airports including those in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, has listed chemical and biological attacks as one of the threats apprehended by the force.
Senior CISF officials are of the view that procuring radioactive substances has become relatively easy since the break up of the Soviet Union, and terrorists laying their hands on such materials could not be ruled out.
"Now that reports emanating from various quarters speak about al Qaeda's presence in India, dirty bomb attacks can be a possibility, though it is still a futuristic projection," an officer told.
01/10/06 Zee News

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