June 25, 2002
Nuke Pill Sales Skyrocket in D.C.
Ever since the announcement of the arrest of suspected al Qaeda radiation bomber Jose Padilla, sales of potassium iodide pills, used as an antidote radiation poisoning, have been skyrocketing in the Washington, D.C. area.
"In fact, both Nukepills.com and KI4U, another potassium iodide distributor, agree that the greater Washington region has become one of the country's hottest markets, the Washington Post reported Monday.
"We've been selling to the federal government, to individuals in D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Baltimore and even the Eastern Shore, and to a lot of businesses around the Beltway," one distributor explained.
The Post report follows NewsMax.com's Insider Report, which first detailed D.C.'s potassium iodide buying frenzy, along with the reasons behind it, this weekend:
"If a dirty bomb nuclear material detonated with normal explosives hits the U.S. it will likely be in Washington, so we hear from numerous governmental and media sources.
"NewsMax hears that potassium iodide, a substance that prevents lethal radioactive iodine from lodging in a persons thyroid, has been selling like hotcakes. We also hear that the firms selling the substance are getting many of their orders from the Washington, D.C., area and from citizens and governmental organizations.
"One reason for the flurry of orders is that intelligence sources believe Washington will be the No. 1 target for this weapon. Al-Qaeda or an affiliated group (read: the Iraqis) could detonate one or more of the weapons in the vicinity of the White House or Capitol Hill.
"Such a move would continue their strategy, begun on 9-11, of seeking to 'decapitate' the political leadership of the U.S."
Ironically, the best salesmen for D.C.s nuke pill vendors seem to be Bush administration cabinet officials charged with delivering terrorist warnings.
"Every time [Secretary of Defense Donald H.] Rumsfeld or [Office of Homeland Security Director Tom] Ridge gets on TV, there's a sales spike," Nukepills.com's Troy Jones told the Post.
"Ridge just says the word 'nuclear,' and our phones start to ring," he added.
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