Just got the Sept 04 issue of Air Force Magazine. Page 25. "U.S. Spirits Nuclear Materials Out Of Iraq".
The United States secretly airlifted more than a ton of potentially dangerous nuclear materials out of Iraq in June, Spencer Abraham, Sec. of Energy, announced July 9. The operation was conducted jointly by DOE and DOD.
Twenty DOE nuclear experts "packaged 1.77 metric tons of low-enriched uranium and roughly 1,000 highly radioactive sources" from Iraq's Tuwaitha nuclear complex just outside Baghdad, according to a DOE release.
The Defense Department airlifted the radioactive materials to the United States on June 23. DOD also "provided security, coordination, planning, ground transportation, and funding for the mission" the release stated.
Abraham said the operation will "keep potenially dangerous nuclear materials out of the hands of terrorists." He added, "It also puts this material out of reach for countries that may seek to develop their own nuclear weapons."
The uranium would have been usable in a radiological dispersion device, commonly known as a "dirty bomb", or for reprocessing in a more advanced nuclar weapons program.
There ya go. I copied it word for word.