After interviewing Osama bin Laden on November 8, 2001, Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir spoke with al Qaeda second-in-command Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri. ” ‘I asked this question to Dr. al-Zawahiri: that it is difficult to believe that you have nuclear weapons. So he said, *Mr. Hamid Mir, it is not difficult. If you have thirty million dollars, you can have these kind of nuclear suitcase bombs from the black market of Central Asia (in the former Soviet Union).* ‘ ”
– Peter Bergen, The Longest War, Page 215