Iraqi Nuclear Gear Found in Europe [Yellowcake]

Washington Post ^ | April 15, 2004 | Colum Lynch

[Quilla]

UNITED NATIONS, April 14 -- Large amounts of nuclear-related equipment, some of it contaminated, and a small number of missile engines have been smuggled out of Iraq for recycling in European scrap yards, according to the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog and other U.N. diplomats.

Mohammed ElBaradei, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned the U.N. Security Council in a letter that U.N. satellite photos have detected "the extensive removal of equipment and, in some instances, removal of entire buildings" from sites that had been subject to U.N. monitoring before the U.S.-led war against Iraq.

[Quilla]

Snip: Evidence of the illicit import of nuclear-related material surfaced in January after a small quantity of "yellowcake" uranium oxide was discovered in a shipment of scrap metal at Rotterdam's harbor. The company that purchased the shipment, Jewometaal, detected radioactive material in the container and informed the Dutch government, according to the Associated Press. A spokesman for the company told the news agency that a Jordanian scrap dealer who sent the shipment believed the yellowcake came from Iraq.

Well, well, well.

[Huck]

Oh my goodness. Is this big?

[cyncooper]

Well!

First thread I opened and what a one it is.

Oh--just in time for Joe Wilson's book!

LOL!

[OXENinFLA]

This was reported here at FR months ago.

[Miss Marple]

WMD hidden in plain sight, by being recycled?

[Quilla]

Big enough to turn the talk from that little ol' oil for food problem.

[OXENinFLA]

Nuke 'yellowcake' from Iraq found? WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Friday, January 16, 2003 Posted on 01/16/2004 3:16:48 AM EST by JohnHuang2

[tiamat]

STILL needs to be screamed from the roof-tops!

bumping this!

[snooker]

Dum diddle do.

Nothing to see here, moveon.org

[Plutarch]

By Colum Lynch
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, April 15, 2004; Page A22

Ah yes, A22, the page reserved for any developments not favorable to Democrats.

[Axelsrd]

More proof that Bush missled the American people

[fod]

"the extensive removal of equipment and, in some instances, removal of entire buildings" from sites that had been subject to U.N. monitoring before the U.S.-led war against Iraq.

Soo, Iraq was complying and dismantling these things, prior to the war...

Hmmmmmm

[Quilla]

Well, you've never heard me say The Washington Post was on right top of things. ;-)

[cyncooper]

From the article:

ElBaradei's letter is dated April 11 and was circulated privately this week among members of the Security Council.

[epluribus_2]

missile engines and vessels used in fermentation processes that were subject to U.N. monitoring

well, well, well, WELL!

[cardinal4]

Big enough to turn the talk from that little ol' oil for food problem.

Give them time hide the money. It was amazing to me that the UN wouldnt enforce their own resolutions. Now I know why; invading Iraq would kill the cash cow. Kofi and son did well by themselves, er, the Iraqi people..

[OXENinFLA]

IAEA Confirms Yellowcake Found in Rotterdam Likely From Iraq

Yellowcake in Rotterdam Harbor May Be From Iraq

Yellowcake Found in Rotterdam Harbor May Have Originated in Iraq

It's about time the UN figured it out.

[cyncooper]

Looks like El Baradei finally had to put pen to paper and acknowledge it and th WaPo reports--and puts on page A22, but they can say they ran it.

[epluribus_2]

privately, under the conditions that this in no way help the U.S. in justifying its extremist positions on Iraq.

[OXENinFLA]

I'm not trying to say this isn't news, I just remembered it being here earlier in the year.