ed is rising. Terrorists are less active, but they are much more lethal. There is an identifiable trend that they are deliberately setting out to kill people. A single nuclear weapon detonation would cause massive destruction and extensive casualties. An all out nuclear attack would affect the entire population. Some areas would experience the direct weapon effects( blast, heat, and initial nuclear radiation). Most other areas would experience indirect weapons effects and primary radioactive fallout. This type trend will be reinforced as they gain access to powerful nuclear weapons all around the world.Seizure of almost three kilograms (6.6 pounds) of highly-enriched uranium (HEU) from nuclear smugglers arrested December 14 in the Czech Republic dramatically illustrates the breakdown in controls over weapon-usable nuclear material in the former Soviet Union, the suspected source of the material. It also makes clear that the risk of nuclear terrorism is growing. A number of other incidents have pointed to an emerging black market in weapons-usable nuclear materials. This past summer, three seizures of plutonium and one of HEU in Germany---all in gram quantities or less---were seen as the tip of an iceberg of bomb material beginning to be smuggled out of the former Soviet Union. Larger seizures of HEU were also reported to have taken place: one involving six pounds in St. Petersburg in March 1994; one of three pounds near Moscow in October 1992; and one of about four and a half pounds in Lithuania in 1992. The following is an article by Thalif Deen which basically summarizes the United Nations feelings and opinions towards proposal for a new international convention against nuclear terrorist. I feel that it is necessary for me to include this article in my report to voice the opinion of people around the world on the issues of nuclear terrorism. POLITICS: U.N. Split Over Nuclear Terrorism Treaty By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Mar 5 (IPS...
