Terrorism Book and Al-Qaeda: Nuclear Terrorism Plot in 'King of Bombs' Suggests Next 9/11 Will Kill Millions (PRWEB) -- The author of "King of Bombs," a novel about a future Al-Qaeda terrorist attack on the United States involving nuclear weapons, believes a future 9/11 may claim millions of American lives. Sheldon Filger, a former New Yorker who witnessed the Al-Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001, wrote "King of Bombs" as a warning of what he is convinced is the imminent threat of nuclear terrorism (www.kingofbombs.com). "King of Bombs" has been praised by reviewers on Amazon.com for its realistic and terrifying portrayal of the danger of nuclear terrorism posed by radical Islamist terrorist organizations linked to Al-Qaeda. The plot in "King of Bombs" centers on a conspiracy to inflict a devastating terrorist strike on major American cities involving Al-Qaeda, with covert assistance from Iran and North Korea. As Mr. Filger points out, Iran's possible role in future nuclear terrorism cannot be dismissed as merely a novelist's speculation. "Iran has been involved in a covert nuclear program for the past 20 years, arousing great suspicion from the international community and the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency-the nuclear watchdog organization of the United Nations which received the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize)," Filger said. He added that since publication of "King of Bombs," the new Iranian President has called for the destruction of the United States of America and Israel, and has publically expressed his hatred for Western civilization (www.kingofbombs.com). In August 2005, the number two man in the Al-Qaeda organization, Ayman al-Zawahiri, released a statement, warning the American people that, " What you saw in New York and Washington [on September 11th, 2001] and what you are seeing in Afghanistan and Iraq, all these are nothing compared to what you will see next." The author of "King of Bombs" suggests that Osama bin Laden's deputy may be referring to a future terrorist attack on the United States involving weapons of mass destruction, most likely nuclear weapons. "Unfortunately, since 9/11, the Bush administration has done little to reduce the danger of nuclear terrorism, " Sheldon Filger said. He made reference to a recent "report card" issued by the 9/11 Commission, an independent body that investigated failures by the government, intelligence and law enforcement communities to prevent the Al-Qaeda attacks on 9/11. According to the report issued by the 9/11 Commission, in many key areas the government received a failing grade, including those related to the threat of nuclear terrorism. The Commission pointed out that critical programs designed to reduce the chance that Al-Qaeda could obtain stolen plutonium or highly enriched uranium (the essential ingredients for building a nuclear weapon)are woefully underfunded, and low on the priority list of the Bush administration and Congress. The author of "King of Bombs" stated that, "The 9/11 Commission warned in its original report that Al-Qaeda was doing everything in its power to obtain nuclear weapons, and that the danger of nuclear terrorism is the number one national security threat to the United States. Their recent report card sadly demonstrates that Washington remains oblivious to the criticality of the threat." A major theme in "King of Bombs" is how failure by government leadership to understand the severity of the threat of nuclear terrorism can have consequences beyond the worst nightmares of most Americans. "I hope that 'King of Bombs' remains fiction," Filger said,"however, the passivity of political leadership on the threat of nuclear terrorism does not create grounds for optimism," he warned. According to Mr. Filger, a single crude nuclear device, which experts conclude Al-Qaeda has the capability to fabricate if it obtains fissile materials (highly enriched uranium or plutonium), if detonated in mid-town Manhattan, would probably kill one million New Yorkers. In "King of Bombs," Sheldon Filger presents a worst-case scenario for nuclear terrorism, involving thermonuclear weapons, which are far more destructive than crude atomic bombs of the type that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In his novel, potentially tens of millions of lives are in jeapardy if the terrorists are successful. (www.kingofbombs.com) __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL - Something to write home about. 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