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The Duke
JohnD.Ford
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« on: December 10, 2004, 03:09:48 AM »

Where are the WMD, wise-guy?

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Check out the 500 tons of uranium at the Tuwaitha nuclear facility.  Read a newspaper once in while, okay?
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The Duke
JohnD.Ford
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2004, 09:46:05 PM »

Where are the WMD, wise-guy?

Thanks to Bush, military recruitment is 60,000 people short.

Go sign up, now.


Check out the 500 tons of uranium at the Tuwaitha nuclear facility.  Read a newspaper once in while, okay?

Umm ... 500 tons of natural uranium at a nuclear power plant facility isn't WMD's.  In fact back in early 2003, when this story hit the papers Republicans jumped up and yelled "there it is", only to have egg on their faces when the IAEA said they were aware of the site, had monitored it, and that while the material is radioactive and therefore could be used in a dirty bomb it wasn't suitable for creating a 'Nuke'.

Now I'm not a WMD expert, but David Kay is and his report to Congress in 10/03 (7 months after the Tuwaitha story broke) stated that although Saddam would have liked to have had WMD's he did not possess any and had no serious chance of possessing any in a short period of time.

The IAEA knew of the site, but could not inspect it because inspectors were blocked by Hussein.  They were not aware of the 500 tons of yellocake.

The material was not suitable for a nuclear device becuase it had not yet been refined.  Hussein was in the process of refining it, and had enriched 1.8 tons to sufficient quality for a low grade bomb.
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