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Bosonic

(3,746 posts) Thu Jul 10, 2014, 02:38 AM Jul 2014

Iraq rebels 'seize nuclear materials'

Source: BBC

Iraq has warned the UN that Sunni militants have seized nuclear materials used for scientific research at a university in the city of Mosul.

In a letter seen by Reuters, Iraq's envoy to the UN said nearly 40kg (88lb) of uranium compounds were seized.

The letter appealed for international help to "stave off the threat of their use by terrorists in Iraq or abroad".

US officials reportedly played down the threat, saying the materials were not believed to be enriched uranium.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28240140

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Iraq rebels 'seize nuclear materials' (Original Post) Bosonic Jul 2014 OP

I predict we'll have airstrikes soon. Not necessarily because of this, but TwilightGardener Jul 2014 #1

! DeSwiss Jul 2014 #2

Mushroom clouds!!! Iggo Jul 2014 #3

More likely to radiate spiders and,.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #24

I see no good end to this. delrem Jul 2014 #4

It is insane. JDPriestly Jul 2014 #5

Sanity exists, though. I agree with you w.r.t. E. Warren. delrem Jul 2014 #7

I concur. nt littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #11

'You fuckers?' elleng Jul 2014 #18

Kicking nt littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #6

wtf? the thread has hardly started. delrem Jul 2014 #8

We bombed Mesopotamia. littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #9

That's totally random. nt delrem Jul 2014 #10

It is all part of a very big ugly picture. imo littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #12

well, good on ya' for the insight, littlemissmartypants. Bye. delrem Jul 2014 #13

Thank you. Bye. eom littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #15

Thanks for your post. nt littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #14

I'm surprised Cheney hasn't claimed success in finding the WMDs sofa king Jul 2014 #16

Nuclear Material Seized by Rebels in Iraq Is ‘Low-Grade,’ U.N. Says Bosonic Jul 2014 #17

can it possibly heaven05 Jul 2014 #19

Sure. Get a few thousand centrifuges running, manned by trained techs NickB79 Jul 2014 #20

so really no big deal heaven05 Jul 2014 #21

Oh, shit. Terrorism. Think of the havoc they could bring to the dental x-ray business. n/t jtuck004 Jul 2014 #22

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TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)

1. I predict we'll have airstrikes soon. Not necessarily because of this, but

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 02:46 AM

Jul 2014

because the administration sees ISIS as a very real threat.

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

2. !

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 03:12 AM

Jul 2014

''US officials reportedly played down the threat, saying the materials were not believed to be enriched uranium.''

- If it's not enriching, the US ain't interested. Besides, we have all kinds of radioactive shit just lying around here in Amurka, so it might be kinda hard to tell if they used it......

Iggo

(47,562 posts)

3. Mushroom clouds!!!

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Thu Jul 10, 2014, 03:20 AM

Jul 2014

Are ya skeerd yet, amurika?

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

24. More likely to radiate spiders and,....

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Thu Jul 10, 2014, 02:20 PM

Jul 2014

delrem

(9,688 posts)

4. I see no good end to this.

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 04:14 AM

Jul 2014

I see the US doubling-down on supporting so-called "moderate rebels" in the civil war that the US caused, with its "leading from behind, Friends of Syria" operations using Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and Erdogan of Turkey.

Quite frankly, I think USians are out of their minds. And I think it's criminal.

How can USians, top down and in a totally "bipartisan" way, think that continuing this PNAC war can benefit the USA?

You fuckers have me at the end of the rope.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)

5. It is insane.

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Thu Jul 10, 2014, 04:26 AM

Jul 2014

delrem

(9,688 posts)

7. Sanity exists, though. I agree with you w.r.t. E. Warren.

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 04:50 AM

Jul 2014

Supposing that Warren ran, I think she'd probably win the Dem Primaries.
Judging from what I've seen. I see tremendous popular appeal.

littlemissmartypants

(22,722 posts)

11. I concur. nt

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Thu Jul 10, 2014, 05:03 AM

Jul 2014

elleng

(131,041 posts)

18. 'You fuckers?'

Reply to delrem (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 09:37 AM

Jul 2014

Continuing this PNAC war?

littlemissmartypants

(22,722 posts)

6. Kicking nt

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 04:45 AM

Jul 2014

delrem

(9,688 posts)

8. wtf? the thread has hardly started.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 04:55 AM

Jul 2014

the "crying" icon doesn't add to the content.

I don't get it.

littlemissmartypants

(22,722 posts)

9. We bombed Mesopotamia.

Reply to delrem (Reply #8)

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 04:59 AM

Jul 2014

But she said that "any loss of regulatory control over nuclear and other radioactive materials is a cause for concern".

delrem

(9,688 posts)

10. That's totally random. nt

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Thu Jul 10, 2014, 05:01 AM

Jul 2014

littlemissmartypants

(22,722 posts)

12. It is all part of a very big ugly picture. imo

Reply to delrem (Reply #10)

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 05:04 AM

Jul 2014

Love, Peace and Shelter. littlemissmartypants

delrem

(9,688 posts)

13. well, good on ya' for the insight, littlemissmartypants. Bye.

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Thu Jul 10, 2014, 05:06 AM

Jul 2014

littlemissmartypants

(22,722 posts)

15. Thank you. Bye. eom

Reply to delrem (Reply #13)

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 05:11 AM

Jul 2014

littlemissmartypants

(22,722 posts)

14. Thanks for your post. nt

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Thu Jul 10, 2014, 05:10 AM

Jul 2014

sofa king

(10,857 posts)

16. I'm surprised Cheney hasn't claimed success in finding the WMDs

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Thu Jul 10, 2014, 07:58 AM

Jul 2014

Bosonic

(3,746 posts)

17. Nuclear Material Seized by Rebels in Iraq Is ‘Low-Grade,’ U.N. Says

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Thu Jul 10, 2014, 08:14 AM

Jul 2014

Nuclear Material Seized by Rebels in Iraq Is ‘Low-Grade,’ U.N. Says

LONDON — Iraq has notified the United Nations of a seizure of nuclear material from a university in the northern city of Mosul by Sunni militants who overran it last month as they advanced toward Baghdad, the nuclear regulatory body of the United Nations said on Thursday.

Gill Tudor, a spokeswoman for the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is based in Vienna, said in a statement that the organization’s experts believed the material — thought to be uranium — was “low-grade and would not present a significant safety, security or nuclear proliferation risk.”

Word of the seizure first emerged in a letter to the United Nations dated July 8 and seen by reporters from Reuters, which quoted it as saying that “terrorists” from the insurgent Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, known as ISIS, had taken control of the materials.

The letter said almost 90 pounds of uranium compounds had been kept at the university and that the materials “can be used in manufacturing weapons of mass destruction,” Reuters said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/world/middleeast/iraq.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes