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Oh Georgie, please don't go, our country needs you for another four years !
this story didn't get more press because it's 4 months old and fairly inaccurate.
The publication date does not matter, what matters what took place. It took a while for the truth of the Cambodian and Vietnamese atrocities to trickle into the media.
What inaccuracies did you note? The yellowcake did, after all, make it to a Canadian port....
What inaccuracies did you note? The yellowcake did, after all, make it to a Canadian port....
While yellowcake alone is not considered potent enough for a so-called “dirty bomb” - a conventional explosive that disperses radioactive material - it could stir widespread panic if incorporated in a blast. Yellowcake also can be enriched for use in reactors and, at higher levels, nuclear weapons using sophisticated equipment.
Tuwaitha and an adjacent research facility were well known for decades as the centerpiece of Saddam’s nuclear efforts. Israeli warplanes bombed a reactor project at the site in 1981. Later, U.N. inspectors documented and safeguarded the yellowcake, which had been stored in aging drums and containers since before the 1991 Gulf War. There was no evidence of any yellowcake dating from after 1991, the official said.
Daniel De Groot notes that “this uranium a) was not weapons grade and b) was well known to the UN and IAEA and was being stored legally by Saddam’s government. It was legally in Iraq according to international law.” Barbara O’Brien adds, “The critical point is that Saddam Hussein couldn’t do anything with this uranium because he lacked the equipment and technology to enrich it. So it had been sitting around for years in drums sealed by the IAEA. No nuclear program.” Here’s an extensive listings of IAEA Key Findings on Iraq’s Nuclear Program, listing extensively the materials we knew about before the invasion.
The key line from the AP report is, “There was no evidence of any yellowcake dating from after 1991.” So, the movement of yellowcake from more than a decade before his infamous fact finding trip isn’t evidence of a new one.
Tuwaitha and an adjacent research facility were well known for decades as the centerpiece of Saddam’s nuclear efforts. Israeli warplanes bombed a reactor project at the site in 1981. Later, U.N. inspectors documented and safeguarded the yellowcake, which had been stored in aging drums and containers since before the 1991 Gulf War. There was no evidence of any yellowcake dating from after 1991, the official said.
Daniel De Groot notes that “this uranium a) was not weapons grade and b) was well known to the UN and IAEA and was being stored legally by Saddam’s government. It was legally in Iraq according to international law.” Barbara O’Brien adds, “The critical point is that Saddam Hussein couldn’t do anything with this uranium because he lacked the equipment and technology to enrich it. So it had been sitting around for years in drums sealed by the IAEA. No nuclear program.” Here’s an extensive listings of IAEA Key Findings on Iraq’s Nuclear Program, listing extensively the materials we knew about before the invasion.
The key line from the AP report is, “There was no evidence of any yellowcake dating from after 1991.” So, the movement of yellowcake from more than a decade before his infamous fact finding trip isn’t evidence of a new one.
As far as I remember, the story about yellowcake was widely reported during "Wilson" affair. In addition, the shipment to Canada was also printed/reported in most "liberal media".
The fact that Iraq had yellowcake is far removed from the claim that Iraq had WMD. There are multiple difficult hurdles to produce weapons grade material from yellowcake and Iraq was not able to do anything about it after 1991. The presence of yellowcake and its status was well verified and reported by UN inspectors.
The fact that Iraq had yellowcake is far removed from the claim that Iraq had WMD. There are multiple difficult hurdles to produce weapons grade material from yellowcake and Iraq was not able to do anything about it after 1991. The presence of yellowcake and its status was well verified and reported by UN inspectors.
Maxim;10 points: Critics; 2 points.
No one believes me even when all the truth becomes self evident with the passing of time. However, I will continue to proclaim truth from my end until ma last critic is laid to RIP.
No one believes me even when all the truth becomes self evident with the passing of time. However, I will continue to proclaim truth from my end until ma last critic is laid to RIP.
What is the purpose of such an article appearing on the Estonian ethnic press website? It has doubtful relevance to Canadian-Estonian issues; when it appeared some time ago it was considered not to be very important and possibly bogus. If the "liberal media" did not seize upon it at that time and have a field day with it is likely that they considered it a fabrication. If, however, true, it must have been considered militarily classified, and MG Curry, Ret. was criminal in revealing that to the media. Eesti Elu and its website should not become a vehicle for amateur bloggers in conspiracy theories.
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