[JustPiper]

But there will be some seriously clenched anal sphincters in China and Russia--both countries will be praying that we don't ID the special nuclear material as coming from them.

They are all running scared with Libya narc'ing, including France and Germany

[Poohbah]

Libya most likely tried to use uranium from Chad, either by enriching it to bomb-grade, or cooking plutonium in a reactor. They'd be somewhat unique.

Unless they simply bought the damn bombs wholesale from the Mafiya.

But that raises an interesting question. Why does eveyone opt for the "do-it-yourself" approach to nukes, instead of buying a few leftovers from the former workers' paradise?