07-09-2004, 10:35 AM
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Originally posted by theking
Are you saying the "looters" mentioned in the article were US looters?
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US transferred 2 tons of uranium without UN approval
American authorities did not seek IAEA authorisation to remove radioactive materials from Iraq
US nuclear authorities and UN nuclear officials appeared to disagree on whether Washington had the authority to move uranium and highly radioactive material that could be used in so-called ?dirty bombs? from Iraq to the United States.
The nearly 2 tons of low-enriched uranium and approximately 1,000 highly radioactive items transferred from Iraq last month had been placed under seal by the International Atomic Energy Agency at the sprawling Tuwaitha nuclear complex, 12 miles (19 kilometers) south of Baghdad, UN officials said Wednesday. ?The American authorities just informed us of their intention to remove the materials, but they never sought authorization from us,? said Gustavo Zlauvinen, head of the IAEA?s New York office.
Under UN resolutions adopted after the 1991 Gulf War, the IAEA was authorised to oversee the destruction of Iraq?s nuclear programme and monitor its activities to ensure that the programme was not revived. But Paul Longsworth, deputy administrator for defence nuclear nonproliferation in the US National Nuclear Security Administration, said Wednesday night the United States didn?t need IAEA approval for the transfer.
?We believe we have the legal authority to do it,? he said. ?We are in custody of the material only, and we have the permission of the Iraqi government to take this out of the country.? US Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham disclosed the secret airlift from Iraq on Tuesday as ?a major achievement? in an attempt to ?keep potentially dangerous nuclear material out of the hands of terrorists.? The airlift ended on June 23, five days before the United States transferred sovereignty to Iraq?s new interim government. IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei said in a letter to the Security Council circulated Wednesday that Washington informed the agency on June 19, 2003, that ?due to security concerns? it intended to transfer some nuclear material stored at Tuwaitha to the United States.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...9-7-2004_pg4_8
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Basically, the US considers Iraq as their backyard ...
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I know that Asspimple is stoopid ... As he says, it is a FACT !
But I can't figure out how he can breathe or type , at the same time ....
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