Isn't this what the war was supposed to stop?

[mburbank]

ElBaradei Warns of Iraq Nuclear Emergency
Mon May 19,11:21 AM ET
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By Louis Charbonneau

VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of the United Nations (news - web sites) nuclear watchdog agency warned on Monday that a nuclear contamination emergency may be developing in Iraq (news - web sites) and appealed to the United States to let his experts back into the country.

"I am deeply concerned by the almost daily reports of looting and destruction at nuclear sites," International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei said in a statement.

He said the reports the IAEA has received described uranium being emptied on the ground from containers then taken for domestic use and radioactive sources being stolen and removed from their shielding.

"We have a moral responsibility to establish the facts without delay and take urgent remedial action," ElBaradei said.

The U.N. agency has warned that stolen radioactive material could end up in the hands of terrorists who could use it to make dirty bombs, which combine radioactive material with a conventional explosive like dynamite to spread it over a wide area and is aimed more at causing panic than physical damage.

The IAEA chief first asked the United States on April 10 to secure nuclear material stored under U.N. seal at Iraq's Tuwaitha nuclear research center and was promised by the United States that its military would keep the site secure.

One of the sources stored at Tuwaitha is caesium 137, a highly radioactive powder that would be especially dangerous in a dirty bomb. In 1987, a canister of caesium powder found in a Brazil junkyard exposed 249 people to radiation, killing four.

After numerous media reports that Tuwaitha and other nuclear facilities in Iraq had been looted, ElBaradei wrote again to the U.S. on April 29 requesting permission to send a mission to Iraq to investigate the looting reports.

The IAEA has received no response from Washington and said that the contamination in Iraq could lead to a "serious humanitarian situation."

There have already been media reports that residents near Tuwaitha have exhibited symptoms of radiation sickness.

There are more than 1,000 other radioactive sources in Iraq, many of which were stored at Tuwaitha.

[Bennett]

Max, don't you know this would never happen because the Iraqi's welcomed us into the country as great liberators? Are you telling me that you didn't see that kid riding down the streets on Saddam's decapitated Statue head whilst smacking it with his sandal?

Even if this were to happen, I'm sure the security breach is only because most of the troops are busy protecting the WMD sites from falling to similar looting. With some minor adjustments we'll get it back under control.

[mburbank]

And if not, in a little over two weeks time, we can fire Bremner without explanation and bring in somebody else.

[VinceZeb]

And if we wouldn't have went over there in the first place, we would have never learned about this and if we did, been able to do anything about it. Pretty convinent how you left that out.

[Bennett]

How exactly would we have been unaware of this, when we were so well informed about the dangerous WMD?

The point I was trying to make a long time ago, is that it's not very smart to try and contain a volatile situation by creating more chaos.

[FS]

Originally Posted by Bennett

How exactly would we have been unaware of this, when we were so well informed about the dangerous WMD?

Ah, but you see, that was just an unfounded statement to "shut the bleeding heart liberals up".

[ranxer]

it's not very smart to try and contain a volatile situation by creating more chaos.

No Doubt! the peace movement said that in so many ways! over and over again!

as many have said, the bush administration had no intention of real solutions for iraqis.. its a hostile corporate takeover
plus the list of 'successes' in iraq are so many they can use a different one each week depending on the circumstances.

vote at www.votetoimpeach.org now, if you havnt already and don't just vote.. this is the campaign before the campaigns!
Campaign to impeach the bush administration
i think they've got over 600,000 signatures .. we need a few million!

[VinceZeb]

yes, Ranxer, you kept plugging your little impeachment site. Just remember it was created by one of the worst U.S. officials in history and a complete moron.

[mburbank]

"And if we wouldn't have went over there in the first place, we would have never learned about this and if we did, been able to do anything about it. Pretty convinent how you left that out."
-Vinth

I didn't mention it because you first sentence is such a jumbled mess it's meaningless.

To pass the FCAT, you'd need to know that "Wouldn't have went" is rendered by those who speak the language "Hadn't gone". 'Wouldn't' and 'never' coupled are a double negative, ie. a positive, thus meaning the exact opposite of what you intended. We claimed to already know about Iraqs possesion of nuclear material, so even taken what you meant to say as opposed to wht you did say, you're wrong. Even the Bush administration didn't claim this was a fact finding mission. Evidently the adminsitration does NOT think things have gone well so far, hence the shitcanning of Garner.

So. It's not so much convenient that I left al that out, it's simply more efficient to leave out things I don't agree with, are wrong or I don't mean.

But you feel free. How else would I know it was you, appart from the distinctive sound that comes from beating a dead horse?

[Pub Lover]

...the IAEA has received described uranium being emptied on the ground from containers then taken for domestic use...

What domestic uses of uranium?

[The_Rorschach]

Little known fact:

Uranium has been harvested by dentists in third world countries for many years to be applied as tooth filling and crowns.

[Pub Lover]

Wow, that's stupid.

Isn't that even worse than the mercury dentists use?

[The_Rorschach]

I was kidding, actually, sorry for the confusion, but for what its worth you at least caught on to what my little joke was in reference to.

Alternatives to mercury-amalgam fillings exist, but for some reason, dentists only use them in special case patients. Search me why that is.