First nightmare: UN Nuclear watchdog IAEA chief Mohammed ElBaradei says the likelihood that terrorists will detonate a nuclear weapon poses the greatest risk to world security, surpassing proliferation threats from Iran and North Korea.
From Bloomberg:
“There is a lot of interest on the part of extremist groups to obtain nuclear material,” ElBaradei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in Vienna during the annual conference of the 145 nations in the IAEA. “It’s the No. 1 security threat right now.”
Nightmare #2: But the IAEA can’t do anything about it because the UN nuclear agency is out of cash. “I must stand here today and let you know that all is not well with the IAEA,” ElBaradei said.
That’s pretty bad news, considering the threats this agency is meant to address [See Nightmares 1 through 8]. Continue reading
