IS projects scenario of attacking US with nuke from Pakistan

Washington, May 23 The Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical outfit has projected a scenario in which it launches a nuclear attack on US soil with a weapon purchased from Pakistan.

In the latest edition of Daboq, IS\'s glossy online, an article, headlined â€œThe perfect stormâ€, suggested that the terrorist outfit can use the â€œbillions of dollarsâ€ in its coffers to buy a nuclear device through â€œweapons dealers with links to corrupt officialsâ€.

â€œThe Islamic State has billions of dollars in the bank, so they call on their wilayah (branch) in Pakistan to purchase a nuclear device through weapons dealers with links to corrupt officials in the region,â€ the article attributed to John Cantile, a British journalist kidnapped by the IS in November 2012, stated.

â€œThe weapon is then transported overland until it makes it to Libya, where the mujahidin move it south to Nigeria. Drug shipments from Columbia bound for Europe pass through West Africa, so moving other types of contraband from East to West is just as possible,â€ the article full of outrageous claims stated.

â€œThe nuke and accompanying mujahidin arrive on the shorelines of South America and are transported through the porous borders of Central America before arriving in Mexico and up to the border with the United States. From there itâ€™s just a quick hop through a smuggling tunnel and hey presto, theyâ€™re mingling with another 12 million â€œillegalâ€ aliens in America with a nuclear bomb in the trunk of their car.â€

While admitting that such a scenario was far-fetched, it said that â€œitâ€™s the sum of all fears for Western intelligence agencies and itâ€™s infinitely more possible today than it was just one year agoâ€.

If not a nuclear device, it can can use some other device as well.

â€œAnd if not a nuke, what about a few thousand tons of ammonium nitrate explosive? Thatâ€™s easy enough to make.â€

The article also claimed that huge â€œswathes of Pakistan, Nigeria, Libya, Yemen, and the Sinai Peninsula are all now united under the black flag of tawhid, gelled together as one by the Islamic Stateâ€.