Missing Iraqi nuke equipment worries IAEA

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Senior Iraqi adviser blames U.S. for not securing equipment

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The senior adviser to Iraq's Interior Ministry blamed U.S. forces Tuesday for not securing facilities where the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency says equipment that could be used to make nuclear weapons has vanished.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/12/iraq.nuclear/index.html
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'On sale abroad'

In a letter to the UN Security Council, IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei said buildings related to Iraq's previous nuclear programme appeared to have been systematically dismantled and equipment and material removed.

"The disappearance of such equipment and materials may be of proliferation significance," the IAEA director general warned.

Sensitive technology such as rocket engines had turned up for sale abroad, Mr ElBaradei said.

However, high-precision "dual-use" items including milling machines and electron beam welders appear to have disappeared, as has material such as high-strength aluminium.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3737996.stm

Thanks, Bush, you f*cking moron. Way to "keep us safe", a**hole.

My wife faithfully watches BBC's Newsnight each night online. The British are agast.

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1. Do you really believe that the U. S. allowed that stuff to "disappear"?...

Think about it. What better way to maintain the control instilled by the constant "terror" alerts than to state that nuclear materials can't be found?

And how convenient to have this subject come up, right before the elections.