In Chapter 11 of Osama’s Revenge, The Next 9/11, the author describes the effects of a nuclear explosion with an explosive yield of ten kilotons had such a bomb been detonated on September 11, 2001. [Ten kilotons equal 10,000 tons of TNT.]

     A nuclear explosion consists of four deadly components: (1) an air-pressure shock wave, (2) thermal radiation, (3) nuclear radiation, (4) radioactive fallout.

     The air-pressure shock wave from a suitcase bomb with an explosive yield of ten kilotons would destroy everything in its path, even heavily reinforced steel-and-concrete buildings.
     This explosion would emit intense thermal radiation, creating a fireball with a diameter that would expand to 460 feet. The core of the fireball would reach a maximum temperature of ten million degrees Celsius. [The heat within the World Trade Center towers never exceeded 5000 degrees Celsius.] Metallic objects within 450 feet of ground zero would vaporize. At 1400 hundred feet from the blast, rubber and plastic objects would ignite and melt, and wooden structures would erupt in flames.
     The bomb would expend 35 percent of its energy in the form of this radiated heat. An additional 50 percent would be absorbed into the atmosphere to become a juggernaut blast--a wave ripping through the city at 670 miles per hour. The buildings that survived the melting heat would be twisted like pretzels by the force of the incredible wind. No one within 740 feet of the blast could hope to survive--not even those locked in concrete cells within steel buildings.
     Within minutes, everything within three square miles would be destroyed. Over 300,000 people would die instantly. 500,000 or more would suffer severe burns and permanent blindness. Between 200,000 and 300,000 more people would be killed and injured by the deadly hail of debris and shattered glass.

     The survivors of the initial blast would be exposed to intense bursts of ionizing radiation that would devastate their immune systems. Half of those exposed to this gamma ray burst in excess of four hundred Rads would die of radiation poisoning within a matter of days. [Rad: A unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation equal to an energy of 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.]

     Next comes the fallout. The nuclear explosion would create a huge mushroom cloud of irradiated debris that would rise between two and three miles in the air and then, 40 minutes later, highly lethal fallout would begin to fall back to earth, showering the injured survivors and dooming the rescue workers. The dustlike contamination, under ordinary weather conditions, would ride five to ten miles on prevailing winds, deep into the Bronx or Queens or New Jersey. Up to 50 percent of the exposed population would die of radiation poisoning within subsequent weeks and months.
     In the wake of such a disaster, New York City would become an uninhabited wasteland. It would be necessary to demolish the radioactive buildings and streets. The contaminated debris and topsoil would need to be removed. But irregular radiation patterns and hot spots would persist for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. [168,172]

The following sources are listed for Chapter 11:

     [1] Allison, Graham, "The Causes of the 9-11 Attacks and the Scope of the Threats," World Media Association, February 20, 2003, http://www.wmassociation.com/reports/spkers/allison.html [accessed April 1, 2004]. Mr. Allison is the director of Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Studies.

     [2] Benjamin, Daniel, and Steven Simon, The Age of Sacred Terror. [New York: Random House, 2002], page 398.

     [3] Council on Foreign Relations, "Terrorism: Questions and Answers," 2002, http://cfrterrorism.org.

     [4] Keller, Bill, "Nuclear Nightmares," New York Times Magazine, May 26, 2002.

     [5] McPhee, John, The Curve of Binding Energy [New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1973], page 225.

     [6] Meyer, Josh, and Greg Krikorian, "US Braces for Attacks by al Qaeda," Los Angeles Times, December 24, 2003.

     [7] Saad al-Fagih, quoted in Michael Eliot, "Al Qaeda: Alive and Ticking," Time, October 20, 2002.

     [8] Watson, Roland, "The Destructive Effects of a Nuclear Suitcase Bomb," Center for Libertarian Studies, LewRockwell.com, January 4, 2002, http://www.lewrockwell.com/watson/watson27.htm [accessed April 1, 2004]. Mr. Watson is a correspondent for the Times [London].

     President George W. Bush, in his 2002 State of the Union address, warned of al Qaeda sleeper cells: "Thousands of dangerous killers, schooled in the methods of murder, often supported by outlaw regimes, are now spread throughout the world, [and are prepared to detonate bombs] without warning."
     He did not add that up to five thousand sleeper agents were already in major U.S. cities, including Washington D.C., New York, Portland, Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Boston, Miami, Detroit, Houston, and Charlotte NC, preparing for "the American Hiroshima." [146,172]
     These sleeper agents are everywhere in the United States. These thousands of sleeper agents are coming from madrassahs [religious schools] throughout the Middle East and from mosques and Muslim schools in Indonesia, Europe, and the United States. [146]
     On January 7, 1998 Shaykh Hisham Kabbani, chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of America, testifying before a committee of the U.S. Department of State, expressed his belief that 80 percent of the mosques in America have been taken over by Muslim extremists who are committed to the destruction of the United States. He stated that numerous Muslim organizations in the U.S. share the view of Islamic militant groups and would like to replace American culture with an Islamic order. [164,165]

     If Osama succeeds in placing sleeper agents in numerous locations throughout the United States, this means there will be no place to hide. [172]
     A careful reading of the prophecies of John the Revelator and the prophet Isaiah indicates that more than six billion persons will perish on the Day of Armageddon. Vast areas of the earth will be turned into a nuclear wasteland.

How will Osama pay for nuclear weapons to destroy infidels in Israel, America, and other countries?

     From Osama’s point of view the surprise attack of 9/11 was an enormous strategic and financial success.
     All that horrendous destruction of property and loss of human lives was accomplished by al Qaeda for a mere pittance--less than $500,000. [111]
     However, it will cost Osama hundreds of millions of dollars to accomplish his next 9/11.

     Most, if not all, of the funds to purchase the necessary expertise and nuclear weapons comes from his enormously profitable international drug trade. He is now one of the world’s largest, perhaps the largest, supplier of the new international drug of choice--Number Four heroin. This drug trade is a triple-pronged weapon for Osama: It finances his activities, undermines the enemy, and proves that the enemy is corrupt. [32-35]
     He must purchase nuclear suitcase weapons by the dozens, kilos of uranium-235, and components for assembling nuclear weapons from black market sources such as Mafia associates in Chechnya who allegedly purchase them from former KGB officials. The price tag for several of these items can total hundreds of millions of dollars. [41,42,113]
     Osama has well-equipped laboratories for the production of chemical and bacteriological weapons. Among these deadly weapons ["dirty nukes"] are ebola, salmonella, botulinum biotoxin, and anthrax. [60,61,89]
     He must buy the expertise of Pakistan’s nuclear engineers and the collaboration of generals and members of the Pakistani secret service and a similar amount for the services of former Soviet and Chinese nuclear scientists and technicians. Russian, Pakistani, and Chinese scientists are training al Qaeda suicide bombers in the means of detonating the nuclear suitcases and other nuclear devices. This expertise is exceedingly expensive. [104,113]

     He lives in a small village in Pakistan. He is tall--over 6’6"--and incredibly thin--less than 150 pounds. He is relatively young [born in 1957] but appears to be very old. His long scraggly beard is pure white; his face is lined with countless wrinkles; his shoulders are hunched and rounded. The flesh from his cheekbones now hangs slack from his chin. He is bent forward to such a degree that he seems to suffer from a form of osteoporosis. When walking he uses a cane.
     He will be known for his generosity and altruism.
     [To earn the reputation for "generosity and altruism" he was careful to fund several multimillion-dollar projects throughout Kandahar, among them: the installation of new water and sewage systems, the restoration and the expansion of electrical service, the construction of a new commercial center, the building of a massive mosque on the site of an old movie theater, and the erection of a large housing project in the Saudi style with pink and green pinnacles. He also financed the expansion of the airport with new runways to support heavy aircraft.]
     He has several wives.

     Bin Laden was a great hero of the Afghan holy war. In 1986 he engaged in bloody hand-to-hand combat with Soviet soldiers at Jaji, near the Pakistani border, and at Shaban in 1987. In 1989 he took part in the Jalalabad airport battle where he was hit by shrapnel and earned his stripes as a mujahed ["holy war warrior"].
     His attendants bow before him and greet him by his sacred title: the "awaited enlightened one." This title has been bestowed upon him by Sunnis and Shiites throughout the Muslim world. His followers believe he is more than a mighty warrior or a religious leader: He is the Mahdi [the One Led by God] who will appear during the last days of human history. He is the mighty warrior of the Apocalypse. His coming has been foretold by the Haddith [sometimes spelled Hadith. The Hadith is the collection of sacred teachings--the recorded sayings and doings of Muhammad--that supplement the Koran.] He is the "lion of Islam."
     He is the prophet who will appear at a time when Muslims are oppressed throughout the world.

     According to Islamic prophecies the long-awaited one will be a descendant of Muhammad and will have the same name. He now signs his name as Osama Muhammad bin Laden. The prophecies also state he will have a distinctive forehead, a prominent nose, and a black mole on his face. He is the realization of nearly fourteen centuries of Islamic history.
     He will unite the believers to fight off the vast army of their oppressors [the infidel unbelievers] who are led by Dabbah [the Beast], the current President of the United States. He believes it is his destiny to slay the Beast as well as the American people, the nation of Gog. He will lead the Muslims to victory and bring forth the Day of Islam when all people throughout the world--both believers and nonbelievers--will fall in total submission to the will of Allah.
     After restoring justice to the world by imposing shariah [Islamic law] on all nations, he will lead the people in prayer at Mecca during which ceremony Jesus will be present. Osama will then rule over the Muslim people for seven years.
     He will come forth from Arabia and will be called from a cave by Allah to serve as the world savior of all true believers. [His Declaration of War on August 23, 1996 was issued from a complex of caves in Afghanistan which were stripped of all creaturely comforts but which included a network of high-tech computers and a satellite telephone system. [52]
     [Apparently Osama thought it prudent to establish his headquarters in a cave complex to fulfill one of the prophecies.]

     Osama believes it is his destiny to rule the world and establish an Islamic world government with shariah as the law of the land. [Imagine what life would be like in the U.S. if the laws in the Old Testament were the literal laws of the land.]
     "When the earth convulses in her shock, and the earth disgorges her burdens, and the people say, 'What is wrong with her?'" The Shock, Koran 1-8.
     "The Calamity! What is the Calamity, and what will convey to you what the Calamity is? A day when humankind will be scattered like moths, and the mountains like carded wood." The Calamity, Koran 1-11. [29,51,52,60,173-175,192]

Why does Osama hate Israel, America, and the West?

     Said Osama in 1998: Every grown-up Muslim hates Americans, Jews, and Christians. It is part of our belief and our religion.
     He has said that America must be destroyed for several reasons, among them the presence of military bases in the Arabian Peninsula, the ongoing support of Israel, the Persian Gulf War of 1990, and the murder of millions of Muslims. He says the United States, in effect, has declared war on God, Muslims, and on God's Messenger, Muhammad. [159,160]
     Osama contends that the creation of Israel is a crime that must be erased along with the people who support Israel.

     In March 1997 bin Laden gave an interview to journalists from CNN in a cave near Jalalabad in which he railed against the injustices inflicted upon the Muslim people by the United States.
     Said Osama: the U.S. government has committed acts that are extremely unjust, hideous, and criminal, whether directly or through its support of the Israeli occupation. And we believe the U.S. is directly responsible for those who were killed in Palestine, Lebanon, and Iraq. This U.S. government abandoned humanitarian feelings by these hideous crimes. It transgressed all bounds and behaved in a way not witnessed before by any power or any imperialist power in the world. [52,53]

     As stated earlier, the title "awaited enlightened one" has been bestowed upon Osama by Sunnis and Shiites throughout the Muslim world. His attendants bow before him in a show of humble reverence. Further, he is hailed as a mighty warrior or a religious leader: the Mahdi [the One Led by God] who will appear during the last days of human history. [Comment. We are indeed in the last days of history. In a few years Osama himself will destroy the world as we know it.] His coming has been foretold by the Hadith. He is the prophet who will appear at a time when Muslims are oppressed throughout the world. While Osama does not refer to himself as "Christ," he firmly believes these predictions refer to him. He apparently believes that as One Led by God, he is entitled to the worship and adoration his followers bestow upon him. His followers have been deceived into believing he is a god. He has effectively indoctrinated thousands of his followers who willingly, even gladly, serve as suicide bombers.
     It is true that millions of Muslims are oppressed throughout the Arab world. But it is not the Gentiles who are oppressing them. It is their corrupted, despotic leaders who treat them as second-class subjects. Their rulers revel in the heights of luxury while the masses huddle in poverty and despair.
     Osama has made astounding promises to his followers that he cannot possibly fulfill: He will never conquer the world. He will never be the ruler of the world. He will never convert the world to his version of the religion of Islam.

     I believe we can conclude that Osama is the AntiChrist, the False Prophet, and the Beast whose coming has been foretold in the Scriptures.

Sources:
     Osama’s Revenge, the Next 9/11, Paul Williams. [Prometheus Books, New York], 2002.
     The King James Study Bible, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville.