US removes uranium from Iraq

Stryker · #11 (**permalink**) 07-06-2008, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by April15

Why would a person, liberal, deny that Saddam used chemical, supplied by RR, weapons on the turkish kurds of northern Iraq?

Everytime a leftist claims Iraq never had WMD, they deny this. Why? Its an attempt to discredit part of the reasoning for the war.

A. Crowley · #12 (**permalink**) 07-06-2008, 07:49 PM

"Who were they afraid would get it?

Our so called ally, the new Iraqi regime."

LMFAO!

Amazed · #13 (**permalink**) 07-06-2008, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by toxic

OMG, they moved the low concentration Uranium Oxide that Saddam kept under United Nations lock and key for many years.

Yawn --

Who were they afraid would get it?

Our so called ally, the new Iraqi regime.

(smile) The fact is, they had it...and all of you has beens said they didn't.....who am I afraid of? No-one....I have invited all of my enemies to Omaha...nobody will come....and you? You are too drunk all of the time to even matter.

toxic · #14 (**permalink**) 07-06-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Stryker

Everytime a leftist claims Iraq never had WMD, they deny this. Why? Its an attempt to discredit part of the reasoning for the war.

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Originally Posted by Amazed

(smile) The fact is, they had it...and all of you has beens said they didn't.....who am I afraid of? No-one....I have invited all of my enemies to Omaha...nobody will come....and you? You are too drunk all of the time to even matter.

You fking morons. This stuff was regularly inspected by the UN and had UN tags and locks on it.

When some stupid assed troops "discovered" it during the invasion, they thought they had found WMD too.

But you two, are even bigger fools for not knowing the history of this material.

BBC ON THIS DAY | 7 | 1981: Israel bombs Baghdad nuclear reactor

1981: Israel bombs Baghdad nuclear reactor

The Israelis have bombed a French-built nuclear plant near Iraq's capital, Baghdad, saying they believed it was designed to make nuclear weapons to destroy Israel.
It is the world's first air strike against a nuclear plant.

An undisclosed number of F-15 interceptors and F-16 fighter bombers destroyed the Osirak reactor 18 miles south of Baghdad, on the orders of Prime Minister Menachem Begin.

The army command said all the Israeli planes returned safely.

The 70-megawatt uranium-powered reactor was near completion but had not been stocked with nuclear fuel so there was no danger of a leak, according to sources in the French atomic industry.

Mortal danger

The Israeli Government explained its reasons for the attack in a statement saying: "The atomic bombs which that reactor was capable of producing whether from enriched uranium or from plutonium, would be of the Hiroshima size. Thus a mortal danger to the people of Israel progressively arose."

It acted now because it believed the reactor would be completed shortly - either at the beginning of July or the beginning of September 1981. ...

blah blah blah

April15 · #15 (**permalink**) 07-06-2008, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Stryker

Everytime a leftist claims Iraq never had WMD, they deny this. Why? Its an attempt to discredit part of the reasoning for the war.

There is a world of difference between never had and does not have. Saddam blew up all his weapons in 91 fighting Bush 1. He had nothing left. But to keep his reign he had to bluff the insurgents that would have taken him out he had to maintain the aura of having weapons.

FedUpAmerican · #16 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008, 09:06 AM

I cant believe the STUPIDITY of you IDIOT ditto heads.

If you check into this, you’ll quickly find that the uranium a) was not weapons grade and b) was well known to the UN and IAEA and was being stored legally by Saddam’s government. It was legally in Iraq according to international law.(unlike the pussy American military)

Bunch of DUMBASS mother fuckers.

StormanNorman · #17 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Amazed

The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program - a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium - reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.

The removal of 550 metric tons of "yellowcake" - the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment - was a significant step toward closing the books on Saddam's nuclear legacy. It also brought relief to U.S. and Iraqi authorities who had worried the cache would reach insurgents or smugglers crossing to Iran to aid its nuclear ambitions.

What's now left is the final and complicated push to clean up the remaining radioactive debris at the former Tuwaitha nuclear complex about 12 miles south of Baghdad - using teams that include Iraqi experts recently trained in the Chernobyl fallout zone in Ukraine.

"Everyone is very happy to have this safely out of Iraq," said a senior U.S. official who outlined the nearly three-month operation to The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.

While yellowcake alone is not considered potent enough for a so-called "dirty bomb" - a conventional explosive that disperses radioactive material - it could stir widespread panic if incorporated in a blast. Yellowcake also can be enriched for use in reactors and, at higher levels, nuclear weapons using sophisticated equipment.

Accusations that Saddam had tried to purchase more yellowcake from the African nation of Niger - and an article by a former U.S. ambassador refuting the claims - led to a wide-ranging probe into Washington leaks that reached high into the Bush administration.

Tuwaitha and an adjacent research facility were well known for decades as the centerpiece of Saddam's nuclear efforts.

Israeli warplanes bombed a reactor project at the site in 1981. Later, U.N. inspectors documented and safeguarded the yellowcake, which had been stored in aging drums and containers since before the 1991 Gulf War. There was no evidence of any yellowcake dating from after 1991, the official said.

U.S. and Iraqi forces have guarded the 23,000-acre site - surrounded by huge sand berms - following a wave of looting after Saddam's fall that included villagers toting away yellowcake storage barrels for use as drinking water cisterns.

Yellowcake is obtained by using various solutions to leach out uranium from raw ore and can have a corn meal-like color and consistency. It poses no severe risk if stored and sealed properly. But exposure carries well-documented health concerns associated with heavy metals such as damage to internal organs, experts say.

The yellowcake wasn't the only dangerous item removed from Tuwaitha.

Earlier this year, the military withdrew four devices for controlled radiation exposure from the former nuclear complex. The lead-enclosed irradiation units, used to decontaminate food and other items, contain elements of high radioactivity that could potentially be used in a weapon, according to the official. Their Ottawa-based manufacturer, MDS Nordion, took them back for free, the official said.

My Way News - AP Exclusive: US removes uranium from Iraq

But....but.....but.....?????

Hi Amazed,

I hate to tell you this, but this is all smoke and mirrors. It' throwing around the term "uranium" to make people scared....when, in reality, they have no reason to be. All of this stuff in Tawatha was known about, in fact, it was deliberately left there by the IAEA after the First Gulf War in 1991 because it was pretty much worthless.

Media Advisory 2003/0606 - IAEA Inspectors in Iraq - 6 June 2003

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On 7 June 2003, a team of seven IAEA safeguards inspectors will begin taking an inventory and securing nuclear material at the nuclear material storage site at the Tuwaitha nuclear complex. The nuclear material - 1.8 tonnes of low enriched uranium and 500 tonnes of natural uranium - had been under IAEA seal since 1991. It was last visited by IAEA inspectors in February 2003.

StormanNorman · #18 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Stryker

Everytime a leftist claims Iraq never had WMD, they deny this. Why? Its an attempt to discredit part of the reasoning for the war.

Iraq had WMDs back in the 80s, Stryker....no one who has any knowledge of the situation would deny that. The question is.....what did they have after the first Gulf War in the 90s and 2000s? As it turns, nothing.....not that it really matters.

wow · #19 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by April15

Bushies will never apologize for their insistence of WMD's.

How much uranium did the UN sell to No Korea and Iran?
Did the UN sell uranium to Syria also?
What did the UN do with Saddam's nuclear weapons?

Thankfully, Americans invaded Iraq.

FedUpAmerican · #20 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by wow

Thankfully, Americans invaded Iraq.

It was probably the only way you could find a job STUPID.