Forget ANTHRAX; NOW ifs nukes. On Saturday Osama bin Laden told Oawn newspaper in Pakistan that Al Qaeda has nuclear weapons to be used "as deterrent. Although onconfirnned, his claim can hardly be ignored. The United States ha long worried about what nuclear weapons Al Qaeda could get its hands on

The main U.S. concern is that Rússia is the source. Moscow has responded to rears that terrorists could use stray nuclear material to build a "dirty bomb by promising to thignten security around its nuclear submarinas and nuclear research centers. The United States has long encouraged such steps. But last week the White House threatened to block a $40 billion appropiations bill if extra allocation — some designed to enhance security in Rússia - were added, choosing instead to focus the package on domestic economic stimulus.

Even if extra funds are eventually allocated to help the Russians, it may be a case of too little, too late. Two Turkish men - Aydin Duran. 32, and Mehmet Aydin, 47 — were arrested last Tuesday near Istanbul in possession of 1,150 grams of uranium, which they were allegedly trying to sell. Turkish police say the enriched uranium could have been used to build a bomb or, packed in a conventional weapon, to spread radiation. And ifs known that the two men traveled frequently to Eastern Europa and Ukraine, where they probably obtained lhe uranium. (They have already admitted to buying the uranium from a Russian supplier.) The good news is that Duran and Aydin don't appear to have terrorist connections. They're more likely a couple of entrepreneurs out to make a buck, say police. The bad news; Others like them may well have already connected with Al Qaeda. In others words, bin Laden could be telling the truth.

(Newsweek, November 19,2001)

Mark the option which contains the correct alternativa.

I - The Russians gave the United States an assurance that nothing would happen to them.

II - It's supposed that the Turkish weren't terrorist's. They were just people on their own business.

III - Although the Turkish were connected to a chantable organizlion they weren't under a terrorist's agreement.

IV - The terrorist's may have  something to inhlbit the United States