Al-gerat 9999

[Jasper Fidget]

No way, that article is completely nuts.  I only posted it because the 9s
reminded me of 0s.

----- Original Message -----
From: <barbara100 at jps.net>
To: "Pynchon List" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: Al-gerat 9999


> 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.
> > [...]
> >
>
>
>