Al-gerat 9999

[barbara100 at jps.net]

Doug, did you read that suitcase bomb article?  I read the whole thing, and
there's just something wrong with it. I don't know what exactly--I never
learned how to analyze news--but it seems to be missing some things--facts,
names, dates, something.  It's  plausible enough, but would you believe it
based on that article?


----- Original Message -----
From: Jasper Fidget <fakename at tokyo.com>
To: Pynchon List <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 2:17 PM
Subject: Al-gerat 9999


> Anybody got another 9 for Osama?
>
> http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/main.asp?id=3&date1=11/10/2001
>
> [...]
> The investigators have been able to identify at least one briefcase weapon
> acquired by Al Qaeda from Central Asian rogue groups.
> The weapon identified is small 8-kilogram device that carries at least 2
kg
> of fissionable plutonium and uranium.
> The device, of Russian make, carries a serial number 9999 and
manufacturing
> date October 1988.
> [...]
>