[Wonder Warthog]

More speculative bull**** about "radiation poisoning". NONE of the symptoms described in the article match any form of radiation poisoning I know of. The radiation level in raw uranium (even the low-level enriched stuff). Any "poisoning" is more likely a result of HEAVY-METAL poisoning than radiation effect(s).

[MichaelDammit]

Egggzactly.....someone from CNN must have told them they were supposed to be suffering from radiation poisoning...just because they were in close proximity to something NUCLEAR....facts be damned.

[yoe]

Thank you for the head's up - this is more like the "looting of the museum" propaganda, lazy reporting and sensationalizing at its worst! This sort of reporting is meant to make the Iraqi looter the victim and placing the blame on the conquers again.

[Poohbah]

More speculative bull**** about "radiation poisoning". NONE of the symptoms described in the article match any form of radiation poisoning I know of. The radiation level in raw uranium (even the low-level enriched stuff). Any "poisoning" is more likely a result of HEAVY-METAL poisoning than radiation effect(s).

First off, bloody diarrhea IS a symptom of radiation poisoning.

Second, if they stole enough enriched material, they could generate a criticality. My brother used to work in a nuclear fuel processing plant, and damn near had a heart attack when he saw some workers using fuel slugs as poker chips--one guy was winning bigtime, and he made a criticality big enough to give him his industry lifetime dose several times over.