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WAND - Women. Power. Peace.
August 2005

Our last best chance at preventing nuclear terrorism.

A stunning docudrama tells the story.
This is your chance to tell your friends.
Order a free copy of the movie and host a house party.

From the desk of WAND Executive Director Susan Shaer

Dear Friend:

At this point, I think most of us are aware that the most dire threat to our security is the possibility of nuclear terrorism. Now here's a chance to show your friends and family what this means.

Order a free copy of the exciting docudrama "Last Best Chance" and host a house party! It's a great way to see and feel the urgency of this issue, and to open the dialogue about what we can do.


Get a free copy of the movie!

Join other WAND members and friends who've been organizing events!
The movie lasts 45 minutes; the epilogue (with Tom Brokaw) lasts 15 minutes. It really is gripping entertainment, and will kick off a good dialogue.
Click here to read about a showing in Atlanta.
Click here to contact the WAND national field office and ask for help in organizing.

About the movie

Last Best Chance is a docudrama that shows the threat posed by vulnerable nuclear weapons and materials around the world. It stars Fred Thompson and features an epilogue moderated by Tom Brokaw.

Please note: We understand that this movie may invoke stereotypes that have the potential to hurt already-vulnerable Arab and Muslim communities. This is a real concern and should be recognized and talked through by audiences so that the film's central message of nuclear terrorism, of concern to all, is not lost.

In the movie, al Qaeda operatives organize three separate operations aimed at getting nuclear weapons. The material is then fabricated into three crude nuclear weapons by small groups of trained terrorists, who have recruited bomb-making experts to help them manufacture their weapons.

Governments around the world discover clues to the plot, but are unable to uncover the scheme before the weapons are en route to their destinations. The film demonstrates that the hardest job for terrorists is gaining control of a nuclear weapon or material. Because the governments had failed to take sufficient action to secure or destroy the nuclear weapons material, they are helpless to prevent an attack.

The movie is based on facts. Some events depicted may have already happened. Some may be happening now. Experts concur there's a better than even chance all will happen in the near future if we don't act now to prevent them.

Pass it on! Thanks!
Forward the web address for this alert!
Cut and paste this URL into an email to your friends and colleagues.
http://www.wand.org/actionlastbest.htm

What they're saying about the movie

"A wake-up call for America and the world. We need an all-out effort to lock up weapons-grade nuclear material scattered throughout dozens of countries around the world. If we act now, we can protect the American people and prevent disaster."
--9/11 Commission Chair and Vice Chair, Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton

"Last Best Chance can increase awareness of the global nuclear terrorism threat. The war on terrorism will not be won until every nuclear stockpile, wherever it may be in the world, is secured and accounted for to stringent and transparent standards."
--Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)

"When people are moving too slowly to respond to a danger, one option is to make it more vivid. Seeing the danger is the first step to reducing the risk."
--Ted Turner, co-chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative


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