A top aide to Osama bin Laden has said the al Qaeda network is attempting to build a "dirty bomb," CBS television reported on Monday.
CBS said government sources told it that Abu Zubaydah, who was bin Laden's chief of operations until his capture, revealed the information to interrogators.
"Abu Zubaydah has told interrogators al Qaeda is attempting to build a so-called dirty or radiological bomb that would be used against the United States to spew radiation into the atmosphere," the network said.
Abu Zubaydah also told interrogators al Qaeda knew how the weapon could be smuggled into the United States. The network added that officials were unsure whether Zubaydah was "telling the truth or bragging."
It said an FBI public warning issued on Friday to banks in the United States was based on a claim by Abu Zubaydah that al Qaeda was planning attacks on financial institutions. (Albawaba.com)
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