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"Harry Hope" |
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16 Apr 2004 02:32:53 PM |
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Bush forgot to guard Iraq's nuclear facilities. |
From The Associated Press, 4/16/04:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3981804,00.html
Probe Shows Iraq Nuke Facilities Unguarded
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -
Some Iraqi nuclear facilities appear to be unguarded, and radioactive
materials are being taken out of the country, the U.N.'s nuclear
watchdog agency reported after reviewing satellite images and
equipment that has turned up in European scrapyards.
The International Atomic Energy Agency sent a letter to U.S. officials
three weeks ago informing them of the findings.
The information was also sent to the U.N. Security Council in a letter
from its director, Mohamed ElBaradei, that was circulated Thursday.
The IAEA is waiting for a reply from the United States, which is
leading the coalition administering Iraq, officials said.
The United Sattes has virtually cut off information-sharing with the
IAEA since invading Iraq in March 2002 on the premise that the country
was hiding weapons of mass destruction.
No such weapons have been found, and arms control officials now worry
the war and its chaotic aftermath may have increased chances that
terrorists could get their hands on materials used for unconventional
weapons or that civilians may be unknowingly exposed to radioactive
materials.
According to ElBaradei's letter, satellite imagery shows ``extensive
removal of equipment and in some instances, removal of entire
buildings,'' in Iraq.
In addition, ``large quanitities of scrap, some of it contaminated,
have been transfered out of Iraq from sites'' previously monitored by
the IAEA.
In January, the IAEA confirmed that Iraq was the likely source of
radioactive material known as yellowcake that was found in a shipment
of scrap metal at Rotterdam harbor.
Yellowcake, or uranium oxide, could be used to build a nuclear weapon,
although it would take tons of the substance refined with
sophisticated technology to harvest enough uranium for a single bomb.
The yellowcake in the shipment was natural uranium ore which probably
came from a known mine in Iraq that was active before the 1991 Gulf
War.
The yellowcake was uncovered Dec. 16 by Rotterdam-based scrap metal
company Jewometaal, which had received it in a shipment of scrap metal
from a dealer in Jordan.
A small number of Iraqi missile engines have also turned up in
European ports, IAEA officials said.
``It is not clear whether the removal of these items has been the
result of looting activities in the aftermath of the recent war in
Iraq or as part of systematic efforts to rehabilitate some of their
locations,'' ElBaradei wrote to the council.
The IAEA has been unable to investigate, monitor or protect Iraqi
nuclear materials since the U.S. invaded the country in March 2003.
The United States has refused to allow the IAEA or other U.N. weapons
inspectors into the country, claiming that the coalition has taken
over responsibility for illict weapons searches.
So far those searches have come up empty-handed and the CIA's first
chief weapons hunter has said he no longer believes Iraq had weapons
just prior to the invasion.
__________________________________________________________
Now c'mon. Ya can't expect Georgie ta thing of *everything*, can ya?
Well?
Harry
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| User: "CW" |
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| Title: Re: Bush forgot to guard Iraq's nuclear facilities. |
16 Apr 2004 04:11:15 PM |
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"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:l6d08090j7c7td5d0ph6rgguncvraq1ls2@4ax.com...
From The Associated Press, 4/16/04:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3981804,00.html
Probe Shows Iraq Nuke Facilities Unguarded
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -
Some Iraqi nuclear facilities appear to be unguarded, and radioactive
materials are being taken out of the country, the U.N.'s nuclear
watchdog agency reported after reviewing satellite images and
equipment that has turned up in European scrapyards.
The International Atomic Energy Agency sent a letter to U.S. officials
three weeks ago informing them of the findings.
The information was also sent to the U.N. Security Council in a letter
from its director, Mohamed ElBaradei, that was circulated Thursday.
The IAEA is waiting for a reply from the United States, which is
leading the coalition administering Iraq, officials said.
The United Sattes has virtually cut off information-sharing with the
IAEA since invading Iraq in March 2002 on the premise that the country
was hiding weapons of mass destruction.
No such weapons have been found, and arms control officials now worry
the war and its chaotic aftermath may have increased chances that
terrorists could get their hands on materials used for unconventional
weapons or that civilians may be unknowingly exposed to radioactive
materials.
According to ElBaradei's letter, satellite imagery shows ``extensive
removal of equipment and in some instances, removal of entire
buildings,'' in Iraq.
In addition, ``large quanitities of scrap, some of it contaminated,
have been transfered out of Iraq from sites'' previously monitored by
the IAEA.
In January, the IAEA confirmed that Iraq was the likely source of
radioactive material known as yellowcake that was found in a shipment
of scrap metal at Rotterdam harbor.
Yellowcake, or uranium oxide, could be used to build a nuclear weapon,
although it would take tons of the substance refined with
sophisticated technology to harvest enough uranium for a single bomb.
The yellowcake in the shipment was natural uranium ore which probably
came from a known mine in Iraq that was active before the 1991 Gulf
War.
The yellowcake was uncovered Dec. 16 by Rotterdam-based scrap metal
company Jewometaal, which had received it in a shipment of scrap metal
from a dealer in Jordan.
A small number of Iraqi missile engines have also turned up in
European ports, IAEA officials said.
``It is not clear whether the removal of these items has been the
result of looting activities in the aftermath of the recent war in
Iraq or as part of systematic efforts to rehabilitate some of their
locations,'' ElBaradei wrote to the council.
The IAEA has been unable to investigate, monitor or protect Iraqi
nuclear materials since the U.S. invaded the country in March 2003.
The United States has refused to allow the IAEA or other U.N. weapons
inspectors into the country, claiming that the coalition has taken
over responsibility for illict weapons searches.
So far those searches have come up empty-handed and the CIA's first
chief weapons hunter has said he no longer believes Iraq had weapons
just prior to the invasion.
__________________________________________________________
Now c'mon. Ya can't expect Georgie ta thing of *everything*, can ya?
Well?
Harry
Let's see...The US is being pilloried for not guarding these nuclear
facilities that the Iraqis weren't supposed to have and the UN couldn't find
before.
CW.
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| User: "Gene" |
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| Title: Re: Bush forgot to guard Iraq's nuclear facilities. |
17 Apr 2004 05:25:14 AM |
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"CW" <chsw@optonline.net> wrote in
news:TZXfc.20007$rV4.2834793@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net:
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:l6d08090j7c7td5d0ph6rgguncvraq1ls2@4ax.com...
From The Associated Press, 4/16/04:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3981804,00.html
Probe Shows Iraq Nuke Facilities Unguarded
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -
Some Iraqi nuclear facilities appear to be unguarded, and radioactive
materials are being taken out of the country, the U.N.'s nuclear
watchdog agency reported after reviewing satellite images and
equipment that has turned up in European scrapyards.
The International Atomic Energy Agency sent a letter to U.S.
officials three weeks ago informing them of the findings.
The information was also sent to the U.N. Security Council in a
letter from its director, Mohamed ElBaradei, that was circulated
Thursday.
The IAEA is waiting for a reply from the United States, which is
leading the coalition administering Iraq, officials said.
The United Sattes has virtually cut off information-sharing with the
IAEA since invading Iraq in March 2002 on the premise that the
country was hiding weapons of mass destruction.
No such weapons have been found, and arms control officials now worry
the war and its chaotic aftermath may have increased chances that
terrorists could get their hands on materials used for unconventional
weapons or that civilians may be unknowingly exposed to radioactive
materials.
According to ElBaradei's letter, satellite imagery shows ``extensive
removal of equipment and in some instances, removal of entire
buildings,'' in Iraq.
In addition, ``large quanitities of scrap, some of it contaminated,
have been transfered out of Iraq from sites'' previously monitored by
the IAEA.
In January, the IAEA confirmed that Iraq was the likely source of
radioactive material known as yellowcake that was found in a shipment
of scrap metal at Rotterdam harbor.
Yellowcake, or uranium oxide, could be used to build a nuclear
weapon, although it would take tons of the substance refined with
sophisticated technology to harvest enough uranium for a single bomb.
The yellowcake in the shipment was natural uranium ore which probably
came from a known mine in Iraq that was active before the 1991 Gulf
War.
The yellowcake was uncovered Dec. 16 by Rotterdam-based scrap metal
company Jewometaal, which had received it in a shipment of scrap
metal from a dealer in Jordan.
A small number of Iraqi missile engines have also turned up in
European ports, IAEA officials said.
``It is not clear whether the removal of these items has been the
result of looting activities in the aftermath of the recent war in
Iraq or as part of systematic efforts to rehabilitate some of their
locations,'' ElBaradei wrote to the council.
The IAEA has been unable to investigate, monitor or protect Iraqi
nuclear materials since the U.S. invaded the country in March 2003.
The United States has refused to allow the IAEA or other U.N. weapons
inspectors into the country, claiming that the coalition has taken
over responsibility for illict weapons searches.
So far those searches have come up empty-handed and the CIA's first
chief weapons hunter has said he no longer believes Iraq had weapons
just prior to the invasion.
__________________________________________________________
Now c'mon. Ya can't expect Georgie ta thing of *everything*, can ya?
Well?
Harry
Let's see...The US is being pilloried for not guarding these nuclear
facilities that the Iraqis weren't supposed to have and the UN
couldn't find before.
CW.
Don't read much do you? The article said the UN was monitoring the
facilities. They were known and far from the threat Bush and Cheney
predicted with their bogus intelligence. Try again scum sucker. Who knows
maybe Iraqi's ate the WMD's. Bush is a lying moron, Cheney is a good ole
American 'bidnessman' doing 'bidness' in office and you idiots are a
compliation of liars, overprivileged selfish brats, unChristian Fundies
and just plain stupid southern rednecks. How you folks got togather under
one banner is amazing. The only thing that will come of this whole
rightwing fanatic usurping of the Republican party is a liberal backlash
that will probably go to far left. When the ball is near the fifty yard
line the politics are reasonable. You idiots moved the ball to far right
and now are kicking it to a team of ***** Jim Browns who will cram
it up your poop shute quicker than you can say Bush Sucks. Why you idiots
elected a congress full of thieves and conmen like Delay and Frist and
the first mental midget for a president is beyond me. You better get
ready for the backlash. If you idiots are lucky Bush will lose this time
if not the backlash will be a move so far left you idiots will wish for
the good ole days of Clinton. Mark my words. That is if you can read.
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| User: "Rich Travsky" |
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| Title: Re: Bush forgot to guard Iraq's nuclear facilities. |
19 Apr 2004 12:00:56 AM |
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CW wrote:
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:l6d08090j7c7td5d0ph6rgguncvraq1ls2@4ax.com...
From The Associated Press, 4/16/04:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3981804,00.html
Probe Shows Iraq Nuke Facilities Unguarded
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -
Some Iraqi nuclear facilities appear to be unguarded, and radioactive
materials are being taken out of the country, the U.N.'s nuclear
watchdog agency reported after reviewing satellite images and
equipment that has turned up in European scrapyards.
The International Atomic Energy Agency sent a letter to U.S. officials
three weeks ago informing them of the findings.
The information was also sent to the U.N. Security Council in a letter
from its director, Mohamed ElBaradei, that was circulated Thursday.
The IAEA is waiting for a reply from the United States, which is
leading the coalition administering Iraq, officials said.
The United Sattes has virtually cut off information-sharing with the
IAEA since invading Iraq in March 2002 on the premise that the country
was hiding weapons of mass destruction.
No such weapons have been found, and arms control officials now worry
the war and its chaotic aftermath may have increased chances that
terrorists could get their hands on materials used for unconventional
weapons or that civilians may be unknowingly exposed to radioactive
materials.
According to ElBaradei's letter, satellite imagery shows ``extensive
removal of equipment and in some instances, removal of entire
buildings,'' in Iraq.
In addition, ``large quanitities of scrap, some of it contaminated,
have been transfered out of Iraq from sites'' previously monitored by
the IAEA.
In January, the IAEA confirmed that Iraq was the likely source of
radioactive material known as yellowcake that was found in a shipment
of scrap metal at Rotterdam harbor.
Yellowcake, or uranium oxide, could be used to build a nuclear weapon,
although it would take tons of the substance refined with
sophisticated technology to harvest enough uranium for a single bomb.
The yellowcake in the shipment was natural uranium ore which probably
came from a known mine in Iraq that was active before the 1991 Gulf
War.
The yellowcake was uncovered Dec. 16 by Rotterdam-based scrap metal
company Jewometaal, which had received it in a shipment of scrap metal
from a dealer in Jordan.
A small number of Iraqi missile engines have also turned up in
European ports, IAEA officials said.
``It is not clear whether the removal of these items has been the
result of looting activities in the aftermath of the recent war in
Iraq or as part of systematic efforts to rehabilitate some of their
locations,'' ElBaradei wrote to the council.
The IAEA has been unable to investigate, monitor or protect Iraqi
nuclear materials since the U.S. invaded the country in March 2003.
The United States has refused to allow the IAEA or other U.N. weapons
inspectors into the country, claiming that the coalition has taken
over responsibility for illict weapons searches.
So far those searches have come up empty-handed and the CIA's first
chief weapons hunter has said he no longer believes Iraq had weapons
just prior to the invasion.
__________________________________________________________
Now c'mon. Ya can't expect Georgie ta thing of *everything*, can ya?
Well?
Harry
Let's see...The US is being pilloried for not guarding these nuclear
facilities that the Iraqis weren't supposed to have and the UN couldn't find
before.
Let's see...you're thinking of WMDs. The facilities were known and had been
subjected to inspections.
RT
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