“Three years ago, I viewed DOE pictures of yellow cake in plastic barrows marked “NIGER” that were found in a facility near the Syrian border.
Yellow cake is U3O8 - the important part is the “U” which stands for Uranium. U3O8 is the feed stock for UF6 which is use in gaseous diffusion enrichment of Uranium; and since Iraq has no nuclear reactors, I highly doubt Saddam was going to enrich Uranium as and additive for toothpaste.
You do the math!”
Oh you mean that 500 tons of yellowcake that was just “there”?
Nah. Saddam joined the isotope of the month club.
You know how hard it is to quit those clubs...
okay, some misplaced attempted levity in a very serious subject, have a Merry Christmas