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Note: Various posters covered this incident on the November 2007 thread of The Threat Matrix. Here is one article for recap.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7119172.stm
Last Updated: Thursday, 29 November 2007, 17:14 GMT
“Slovak raid nets ‘bomb’ uranium”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Uranium seized in Slovakia on Wednesday was enriched enough to be used in a so-called “dirty bomb” to spread radioactive material, police say.
The uranium was found during a raid on alleged smugglers near the Hungarian border. Three people were detained.
The suspects had just under 500g (17.6 ounces) of uranium in powder, senior police official Michal Kopcik said.
Slovakian investigators believe the enriched uranium came from somewhere in the former Soviet Union.
The identity of the intended buyer for the uranium has not been released.
A dirty bomb uses conventional explosives to scatter radioactive debris and contaminate the target area.
‘Powder form’
The uranium seized on Wednesday could have been used “in various ways for terrorist attacks”, Mr Kopcik said.
“The radioactive uranium was even more dangerous because it was in powder form,” he said.”
UPDATE:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314484,00.html
(AP)
“FBI Arrests Pair Wanted in $7 Million Robbery”
Saturday, December 01, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “CLEVELAND — A couple wanted in the disappearence of $7 million in cash and checks from an armored car company was arrested on Saturday in West Virginia, the FBI said.
Roger Lee Dillon, 22, and his girlfriend, Nicole N. Boyd, 24, were arrested by agents from Cleveland, Youngstown, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Beckley, W.Va., early Saturday morning outside Beckley, FBI Special Agent Scott Wilson said.”