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Halliburton theft ups terror fears. (Radioactive device stolen in Nigeria -- update)
CNNMoney ^
| arch 6, 2003
| Reuters
Posted on 03/06/2003 4:07:26 PM PST by FairOpinion
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:12 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Halliburton Co., the world's No. 2 oil field services firm, said Thursday it has started a probe involving U.S. and Nigerian government officials over theft of a radioactive device used at its Nigerian operations.
A report by the Wall Street Journal Thursday said officials were concerned that the device's radioactive material could be used to create a "dirty bomb," an explosive device designed to scatter radioactivity in a densely populated area.
(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dirtybomb; halliburton; nigeria; nuclear; radioactive; terror; threat
This looks serious. In previous mentions I didn't see this much detail.
To: FairOpinion
Aaaaaaaaaaah.....must be Cheney's fault.
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posted on
03/06/2003 4:17:08 PM PST
by
clintonh8r
(It is better to be feared than to be respected.)
To: clintonh8r
Yes, I noticed it too. They had to add that, even though it has nothing to do with the current events.
Wait until the leftists demand that the Cheney residence be searched, just in case he took the radioactive device home as a souvenir from Halliburton.
To: FairOpinion
What's the isotope, Kenneth?
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posted on
03/06/2003 4:48:34 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: onedoug
Cesium-137. Not very much. It is cased with lead and steel capable of withstanding pressures as great as 10K psi.
To: I got the rope
Hmm. Not fissil, though sure capable of being spread around. And more likely in Europe than here. 'Wonder what our "friends" would think then.
Thank you for the report.
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posted on
03/07/2003 8:49:01 AM PST
by
onedoug
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