Did the discovery of radioactive materials give ominous ideas to the jihadis?
asks Asia Sentinel’s Rajeev Sharma The early April discovery of radioactive material in the Mayapuri industrial area of West Delhi has sent a chill through Indian security authorities. Although it has finally been determined that gross carelessness rather than terrorism was behind the incident, officials are concerned that publicity about the incident may have given food for thought to terrorists. The incident is emblematic of India’s lax enforcement of radioactive waste-disposal laws at a time when the threat of nuclear terrorism is a growing concern, especially given the audacity of the attacks on Mumbai luxury hotels and the train station in November of 2008 that took 180 lives. The leak came to light a week before the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC. A number of officials at the conference went on record expressing fears that terrorists could use weapons of mass destruction such as the sowing of nuclear waste without actually building a bomb. The radioactive material, lat
