here is a small quantity of low-enriched and depleted uranium. Typically, the IAEA would conduct an NPT safeguards inspection at this location annually. The last inspection was conducted in December of 2002. Given the changed circumstances, the United States has determined it would be helpful to have the IAEA reinventory this location.
So in December of 2002, the IAEA knew of this material and had inventoried this material. So the article from June of 2003 was just that the material was missing, more than likely thrown out, as local Iraqis took the barrels for water usage.
Hmmmm, mysteriouser and mysteriouser....
And the only thing the report discusses as fact is that the barrels were missing and were being purchased back (using my tax dollars thank you very much). The rest are baseless assumptions. Heard any more about those have you?
Not sure what your point is. I guess you missed this:
"On the 12th of May, our Threat Reduction Agency personnel arrived in Iraq and began planning for its operation at Tuwaitha Charlie. And between the 15th and 20th of May, our task force disablement and elimination team conducted its technical assessment and an inventory of what was there. And from what we know at this time, the quantity of materials we have found at the site exceeds the quantity of materials that we had assessed would be present at the site."
In OTHER words, whatever information they were given by the IAEA WAS INCORRECT..THERE WAS MORE YELLOWCAKE AT THE FACILITY THAN HAD BEEN DECLARED BY IRAQ AND THE IAEA.