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To: Thud
Why would Iraq smuggle uranium from Brazil when it has uranium mines inside of Iraq?
12 posted on 09/15/2002 7:12:44 PM PDT by Lessismore
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To: Lessismore
"Why would Iraq smuggle uranium from Brazil when it has uranium mines inside of Iraq?"

May be the Brazilian is a higher grade that requires less processing?

14 posted on 09/15/2002 8:15:26 PM PDT by blam
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To: Lessismore
Converting uranium ore to enriched uranium is a complex process with a lot of intermediate steps. They probably could not do anything with uranium ore.
18 posted on 09/16/2002 6:20:35 AM PDT by far sider
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