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British police arrest man on terrorism charges after uranium is found in package at London airport
NY Post ^ | January 16, 2023 | Paul Best, Fox News

Posted on 01/16/2023 8:14:06 AM PST by BenLurkin

Police in the United Kingdom arrested a man on terrorism charges Saturday after trace amounts of uranium were discovered in a cargo package at Heathrow Airport in London two weeks ago.

The suspect, a man in his 60s whose identity has not been released, was arrested at a home in northwestern England. He was booked at a police station and released on bail today.

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“I want to be clear that despite making this arrest, and based on what we currently know, this incident still does not appear to be linked to any direct threat to the public.”

The UK’s Border Force originally detected a “very small amount of uranium” in a cargo package containing scrap metal during a routine screening at Heathrow Airport on Dec. 29.

The package arrived at Heathrow Airport on a passenger flight from Oman, The Guardian reports. It was bound for an “Iranian business with premises in the UK,” according to the British newspaper.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: iran; uranium
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"trace amounts"
1 posted on 01/16/2023 8:14:06 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Why terrorism?


2 posted on 01/16/2023 8:15:34 AM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: BenLurkin
The UK has cameras everywhere. A security camera at the airport got this picture of the suspect. The guy looks like trouble.


3 posted on 01/16/2023 8:21:13 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: BenLurkin
Oil's old-fashioned and gold don't glitter no more.

Uranium--The Commodores

Uranium Fever--Elton Britt

Uranium Rock--Warren Smith

4 posted on 01/16/2023 8:30:39 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: BenLurkin

Must be a mistake. He loves glowing …..


5 posted on 01/16/2023 8:33:24 AM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: BenLurkin

Just a man? No description of the perp?


6 posted on 01/16/2023 8:54:00 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: BenLurkin

Uranium that has not been enriched is of no consequence. The article gave no details on the uranium.


7 posted on 01/16/2023 9:09:27 AM PST by cpdiii (CANE CUTTER-DECKHAND-ROUGHNECK-OILFIELD CONSULTANT-GEOLOGIST-PILOT-PHARMACIST)
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To: EvilCapitalist
Just a man? No description of the perp?

Swollen face, suppurating sores covering entire body, tongue turning black, glowing eyes...?

Regards,

8 posted on 01/16/2023 9:10:16 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: BenLurkin
The UK’s Border Force originally detected a “very small amount of uranium” in a cargo package containing scrap metal during a routine screening at Heathrow Airport on Dec. 29.

Enough for one... maybe two Hiroshima-type bombs - Tops!

Regards,

9 posted on 01/16/2023 9:11:11 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek

That’ll work.


10 posted on 01/16/2023 9:11:52 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: BenLurkin

Suspect’s name is Mohammed Mohammed.

Alahu Akbar!


11 posted on 01/16/2023 9:12:21 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: EvilCapitalist

“It was bound for an “Iranian business with premises in the UK,””


12 posted on 01/16/2023 9:18:59 AM PST by G Larry ( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
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To: moovova

Actually it’s Mohammed Hussein. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT-UkhEP-1g


13 posted on 01/16/2023 9:24:20 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: G Larry

[“It was bound for an “Iranian business with premises in the UK,””]

Yeah. Oman, tripped the radiation detector, Iran connection. That’s the Trifecta right there.


14 posted on 01/16/2023 9:25:29 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: G Larry

But under the description of the perp in the first sentence, it was “a man.” I guess that should be the first clue.


15 posted on 01/16/2023 9:26:14 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: BenLurkin

This is the second time within a couple weeks that the Brits have caught Iranians smuggling uranium into the UK, right?

Thanks, Obama.


16 posted on 01/16/2023 10:56:39 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

I think this is a continuation of the same story.


17 posted on 01/16/2023 10:58:32 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: cpdiii

If you go for a walk around Moab, Utah chances are you’ll pick up trace amounts of uranium. It’s EVERYWHERE in that area!


18 posted on 01/16/2023 12:42:59 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: EvilCapitalist

LOL...

Robert Davi...”That was my car.”


19 posted on 01/16/2023 12:55:57 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: PLMerite
Yeah. Oman, tripped the radiation detector, Iran connection. That’s the Trifecta right there.

Oman is very pro-western. I lived there in the past. Women drive, women vote and are not required to veil. Those that grew up in the cities rarely veiled. Those from the interior did. There was absolutely no rules about veiling. Women could be anything the wanted. Education was encourged and subsidized for all.

What I really liked about Oman is my wife could go down to the Souk (the bazaar) by herself in western clothing and be absolutely safe. Safer than 5th Avenue in New York City.

Sultan Qaboos took Oman out of the classic Muslim society and into the modern world. He sadly passed away a few years ago. He was a great Sultan. One act of his before his death was to be at the opening of a Catholic Church in Shalala. That was a great symbol of westernism.

Upon his death he appointed a successor not of his family. It was one he thought could carry on his deeds.

Sultan Qaboos was educated in England at Sandhurst.

20 posted on 01/16/2023 2:26:50 PM PST by cpdiii (CANE CUTTER-DECKHAND-ROUGHNECK-OILFIELD CONSULTANT-GEOLOGIST-PILOT-PHARMACIST)
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