2022 NEWSWEEK DIGITAL LLC News Group Behind 9/11 Gets Hands on Material to Make Nuclear Bomb—Report By Chloe Mayer On 12/12/22 at 9:59 AM EST A shipment of enriched uranium, which can be used to make nuclear weapons, has fallen into the hands of 9/11 terrorist group al-Qaeda, according to a Middle Eastern report. The material was allegedly being delivered from Iran to Houthi rebels in Yemen when some of it was intercepted by the terror group, Israeli newspaper Maariv said, citing unnamed sources. The respected conservative publication, one of the most-read newspapers in the country, said on Monday that the incident happened in the al-Bayda area of Yemen. Details were scarce, and it remains unclear how part of the shipment was reportedly intercepted or diverted. This is a developing story and Newsweek has reached out to the U.S. State Department to seek clarification and comment.Newsweek has also contacted Iranian authorities. Iran has been accused or sending weapons and equipment to rebels in Yemen, which was reportedly intercepted by al-Qaeda operatives. Al-Qaeda, an Islamist terror group based in the Afghan-Pakistani borderlands, was founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s.