Iraq War as UN Mandate

The only winner was Iran.

What’s your point?

You are welcome.

Here is another oldie but goodie: Where the WMDs Went, By Jamie Glazov FrontPageMagazine.com | November 16, 2005 (archive.org)

This is a interview with Bill Tiierney II (sourcewatch.org and archive.org), who was a UNSCOM inspector and fluent in Arabic.
UNSCOMs mission over IAEA and Tiierney's Arabic meant he could better see through Iraq's refusal to follow compliance with the UN resolutions.
As it turns out, Saddam did NOT have a nuclear bomb or viable delivery system, he was still more interested in getting them than the US or UN wanted.
The Democrats knew the issues and exploited it at expense of our national credibility, while Bush for his part was lousy at defending his actions.

As to where the WMDs went, "the lakes and rivers were the toilet, and Syria was the back door."

The title is the point. It’s information I seldom heard.

“Bush for his part was lousy at defending his actions.”

Could not agree more. He should have never been pushed off the position he was a UN Commander in Chief doing what Roosevelt and Churchill envisioned.

Thanks for those links

Here’s a few other ones connecting some dots:

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https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/top-uranium-producing-companies/

In 2017, the top ten uranium producing companies marketed 86% of the world’s uranium production, according to a report released by World Nuclear Association.

Kazakhstan, Canada and Australia are the major producers of uranium, accounting for more than two-thirds of the world’s production.

Here is the list of top uranium producing companies in the world:

Kazatomprom

Headquartered in Astana, Kazakhstan, Kazatomprom is the world’s largest producer of uranium. The company produced 12,488 tons U in 2017, accounting for 21% of the world’s uranium production, according to World Nuclear Association report.

The company claims to have the largest reserve base in the industry, with attributable uranium reserves of 300 ktU. Kazatomprom operates 26 deposits grouped into 13 mining assets located in Kazakhstan.

Cameco

Based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Cameco is one of the world’s largest publicly traded uranium companies. In 2017, the company produced 9,155 tons U, occupying a share of 15% in the world’s uranium production.

The company claims that its tier-one operations in Canada and Kazakhstan have the licensed capacity to produce over 53 million pounds (100% basis) annually.

It has nearly 458 million pounds of proven and probable uranium reserves on three continents. Cameco is also a major supplier of uranium refining, conversion and fuel manufacturing services.

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Uranium One

A wholly owned subsidiary of the Russian state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom, Uranium One is a Canadian uranium mining company with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. The company produced 5,102 tons U in 2017.

The company is responsible for Rosatom’s uranium production outside the Russian Federation. Uranium One is involved in uranium production through its subsidiaries and joint ventures. It is also engaged in the exploration and development of uranium properties, in Kazakhstan, the US, Tanzania and other countries.

The firm generates a significant part of its revenues from the sale of uranium concentrates. It sells its uranium to major nuclear utilities in Russia, Europe, North America, South America, Middle East and Asia. . .

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https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL07684968

JULY 7, 20085:08 AMUPDATED 15 YEARS AGO
Iraq removes uranium left over from Saddam era
By Reuters Staff

BAGHDAD, July 7 (Reuters) - Iraq’s government has removed 550 tonnes of natural uranium left over from Saddam Hussein’s era and sold it to a Canadian company, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.

The uranium, called yellowcake, had been stored in a compound at Tuwaitha, south of Baghdad, which was once the centre of Saddam’s nuclear weapons programme.

“The Iraqi government decided to get rid of the uranium, which amounted to 550 tonnes, because of its potentially harmful affects on Iraq and the region and because it causes pollution,” Dabbagh said on Iraqiya state television late on Sunday.

The Tuwaitha nuclear complex was dismantled after the 1991 Gulf War. But tonnes of nuclear material remained there under the seal of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), until the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq when it was left unguarded and looted by Iraqi civilians.

Dabbagh said the uranium had not undergone any enrichment. He did not name the Canadian company that bought the stockpile, but other media reports said it was Cameco

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He said the removal had been carried out in cooperation with the IAEA, and the United States had provided technical assistance to Iraq to help ship the stockpile out safely. U.S. officials were not immediately available for comment. . .

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https://www.reuters.com/article/cameco-uraniumone-idCAN2727440320100727

JULY 27, 201010:31 AMUPDATED 13 YEARS AGO
Cameco, Uranium One rise on Kazakh uranium output
By Reuters Staff

* Kazakhstan boosts uranium output by 41 pct in first half

* Cameco shares up 4 pct, Uranium One rises 6 pct

TORONTO, July 27 (Reuters) - Shares of Cameco Corp CCO.TO and Uranium One UUU.TO Inc rose on Tuesday on news of a sharp rise in uranium production in the central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, where both Canadian miners operate.

Kazakhstan boosted uranium production by 41 percent in the first six months of 2010 to cement its place as the world’s largest producer of the metal used in nuclear fuel, a government official said on Tuesday.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based Cameco owns 60 percent of the Inkai uranium mine in Kazakhstan. The company said last month that the joint venture with state-owned Kazatomprom would double its output to 4,000 tonnes after the two partners agree on how to process the uranium.

Toronto-based Uranium One has a 49.7 percent interest in the Zarechnoye uranium mine and a 50 percent interest in the Akbastau mine, as well as other mining properties in Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan holds over 15 percent of global uranium reserves and last year surpassed Canada as the world’s largest uranium producer. . .

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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Cameco-to-supply-Ukraine-s-uranium-needs-to-2035

Cameco to supply Ukraine’s uranium needs to 2035
09 February 2023

Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear energy utility Energoatom and Cameco Corporation have agreed commercial terms for a major supply contract that would see Cameco meeting Ukraine’s needs for natural uranium for nuclear fuel until 2035. . .