He appears on CNN , BBC and Indian channels as an analyst on issues related to Pakistan . Mir claimed in an interview with independent online news source Canada Free Press that al-Qaeda had acquired three so called ' suitcase nukes ' from Russia , and had successfully smuggled them to Europe . Mir alleges these weapons have been in the possession of al-Qaeda since long before the September 11 attacks , and that they were originally intended to be targeted against London , Paris and California . Mir also claims that al-Qaeda has 23 sleeper agents inside the United States ( minus the 19 who died carrying out the 9/11 attacks ) and that these terrorists already have enough radioactive material for six ' dirty bombs '
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Hamid Mir