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Iraqi ‘Terrorist Groups’ Have Seized Nuclear Materials
Time ^ | 7/10/14 | Burnett

Posted on 07/11/2014 6:36:44 AM PDT by mgist

Iraqi ‘Terrorist Groups’ Have Seized Nuclear Materials Stephanie Burnett @stephy_burnett July 10, 2014

Approximately 88 pounds of uranium compounds stored at an Iraq university have been taken, though they are likely unenriched and so difficult to make weapons from

Iraq has told the U.N. that Islamist insurgents have seized nuclear materials used for scientific research from Mosul University in northern Iraq, according to Reuters.

Approximately 88 pounds (40 kilograms) of uranium compounds were stored at the university, wrote Iraq’s U.N. Ambassador Mohamed Ali Alhakim in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on July 8.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: iraq; nuclearweapons; uranium

1 posted on 07/11/2014 6:36:44 AM PDT by mgist
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To: mgist

An even better excuse to ban all travel from Mid-East, South Asian and North African countries to the USA


2 posted on 07/11/2014 7:18:46 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88

It’s called a Dirty Bomb and it will enter from Mexico.


3 posted on 07/11/2014 7:28:48 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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