Memorial Day terrorist attack

I got this idea from Vince Flynn's book Memorial Day. In the book Al Queda gets it's hands on atomic bombs. The first one is intercepted but a second is smuggled into the us and is planned to go off in the white house during Memorial day celebrations in Dc. It is stopped but lets say it was successful and happened in real life. How would Americans react to the capital being nuked and more casualties than 9/11. Would there be a swing of patriotism and military enlistment. What would be the effects world wide?
 

GarethC

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...How would Americans react to the capital being nuked and more casualties than 9/11. Would there be a swing of patriotism and military enlistment. What would be the effects world wide?
Could you give us a précis what is known about the first bomb and the group who were trying to deploy it?

What year is it?
 
The first bomb is intercepted on a ship in Charleston. The book was made in 2004 so i assume around that time. The group is al queda. In all honesty i think the bomb is low yield.
 
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