I don't know any more than the rest, of course, but this
Quote:Al Qaeda would use the weapons only inside the United States or if the group faced a "crushing blow" which threatened its existence, such as the use of nuclear or chemical weapons against its fighters, the paper quoted its sources as saying.
sounds completely bogus. First, it is something a nation might put out as a rationalization. Second, covert terrorist organizations are not at all vulnerable to nuclear weapons, and probably have only limited risk from chemical weapons.