U.S. Transferred Nearly 2 Tons of Uranium ... Without U.N. Authorization

[Snazzy]

U.S. Transferred Nearly 2 Tons of Uranium From Iraq to U.S. Without U.N. Authorization

By Edith M. Lederer Associated Press Writer
Published: Jul 7, 2004


UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States didn't have authorization from the U.N. nuclear watchdog when it secretly shipped from Iraq uranium and highly radioactive material that could be used in so-called "dirty bombs," U.N. officials said Wednesday.

The nearly 2 tons of low-enriched uranium and approximately 1,000 highly radioactive items transferred from Iraq to the United States last month had been placed under seal by the International Atomic Energy Agency at the sprawling Tuwaitha nuclear complex, 12 miles south of Baghdad, the officials said.

"The American authorities just informed us of their intention to remove the materials, but they never sought authorization from us," said Gustavo Zlauvinen, head of the IAEA's New York office.

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A U.N. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was some concern about the legality of the U.S. transfer because the nuclear material belonged to Iraq and was under the control and supervision of the IAEA.

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBXS8C3EWD.html

Edit: now on Yahoo:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=535&e=4&u=/ap/20040707/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_dirty_bomb

[DebJ]

1. Thief in Chief at it again

[Liberal Classic]

2. ...under the control and supervision of the IAEA.

Interesting.

[MikeG]

3. They need it for the "October Surprise"

[burythehatchet]

4. to quote Dave Chapelle

"what.....you ain't got an army? well then shut the f**k up"

[Chicago Democrat]

5. So do they have XRay machines and Cancer devices Iraqis need?

:6

[mom cat]

8. The Iraqis don't even have enough bandages... Much less enough

x-ray machines. If the UN hasn't figured out by now that * is using them, they never will.

[Beetwasher]

6. Oversight? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Oversight!

I wonder where some it is REALLY going to end up?

[MasonJar]

7. Maybe for their new bunker buster nukes. Is this America? I

do NOT recognize it anymore.