Fleischer queried on possible nuke find: says Pentagon evaluating information about incident

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Saturday, April 12, 2003 | Les Kinsolving

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Posted: April 11, 2003
5:37 p.m. Eastern

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By Les Kinsolving
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

At today's White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary Ari Fleischer about the Marines' discovery of a tunnel complex under Iraq's Al-Tuwaitha atomic-energy facility and possible weapons-grade plutonium stored there.

WND: Can you provide us, Ari, with any further details on the Pittsburgh-Tribune Review, WorldNetDaily and Fox News story about the extensive tunnel infrastructure under the Al-Tuwaitha nuclear plant and reports of the possible discovery of weapons-grade plutonium?

FLEISCHER: That's a DOD matter, operationally, as they go through Iraq and take a look at the facts that they find and as they evaluate information they receive through their technical teams.

WND reports today that a U.S. investigation is underway to determine whether U.S. Marines guarding the nuclear facility have discovered previously undocumented weapons-grade nuclear material, or low-grade uranium about which United Nations inspectors previously knew.

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[The Raven]

This stuff is just sitting around. Where'd they get it? Russia?

Now that Humpty Dumpty had a great fall....how much of this stuff is in terrorist hands? Or stashed in hiding places.

Ugghh...very disquieting.

[Drammach]

We don't know what it is yet, just that it's radioactive.

Granted, that's bad enough, but not evidence of plutonium.

[wastoute]

Different materials give off different amounts and proportions of various kinds of radiation. You can, indeed, get a pretty good idea of what's in the box without opening it!

[BenLurkin]

NO,we better have Hans Blix stick his head in the box for a look see just to make sure. ;>)