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Reuters Exclusive: Iraq Tells U.N. that 'Terrorist Groups' Seized Nuclear Materials
Reuters ^ | Wednesday, July 9, 2014 | Michelle Nichols (with Mark Hosenball)

Posted on 07/09/2014 6:18:37 PM PDT by kristinn

Insurgents in Iraq have seized nuclear materials used for scientific research at a university in the country's north, Iraq told the United Nations in a letter appealing for help to "stave off the threat of their use by terrorists in Iraq or abroad."

Nearly 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of uranium compounds were kept at Mosul University, Iraq's U.N. Ambassador Mohamed Ali Alhakim told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the July 8 letter obtained by Reuters on Wednesday.

"Terrorist groups have seized control of nuclear material at the sites that came out of the control of the state," Alhakim wrote, adding that such materials "can be used in manufacturing weapons of mass destruction."

"These nuclear materials, despite the limited amounts mentioned, can enable terrorist groups, with the availability of the required expertise, to use it separate or in combination with other materials in its terrorist acts," said Alhakim.

(Excerpt) Read more at mobile.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; france; hansblix; hydrocarbons; iran; iraq; isis; israel; jordan; kurdistan; lebanon; methane; nuclear; opec; petroleum; russia; turkey; waronterror; wmd
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To: Steely Tom

UNMOVIC found ‘dual use materials, precursors, and accelerants’. International law says none of that is considered ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’ (WMD) until AFTER it is used.


21 posted on 07/09/2014 7:24:29 PM PDT by griswold3 (I was born here in America. I will die here in a third world country. Obama succeeded.)
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To: Vendome

They can make enough dirty bombs to paralyze NYC, that along with all the sarin they just liberated Fromm the UN / ISG at Tuwaitha.


22 posted on 07/09/2014 7:32:25 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where?)
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To: Vendome

Maybe they will do us a favor and expand into space exploration - in pieces and parts.


23 posted on 07/09/2014 7:32:36 PM PDT by mcshot (..."And this too shall pass.")
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

My bet is Diego Garcia and cupcake knows hence all these other crises.


24 posted on 07/09/2014 7:34:48 PM PDT by mcshot (..."And this too shall pass.")
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To: Viennacon

We’ve already had one impeached Pres__ents wifey ‘slave’ uhh serve in the senate,, Love to see another if it was her. Impeach ‘em both. ;-}


25 posted on 07/09/2014 7:39:02 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: mcshot

I was thinking about “Hot Pockets”...


26 posted on 07/09/2014 7:46:05 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: UCANSEE2

A Chinese curse of long standing.....


27 posted on 07/09/2014 7:49:30 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: kristinn

Gonna make their way to the US via Mexico.


28 posted on 07/09/2014 7:53:46 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: Gene Eric
nuclear materials used for scientific research

ISIS will use it for scientific research on how radioactive dirty bombs affect civilian populations in the USA and/or Israel.

29 posted on 07/09/2014 8:51:55 PM PDT by sjmjax (Politicans are much like bananas. They start off green, turn yellow then rot.)
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To: kristinn

I’m glad this material, as well as the chemical weapons ISIS keeps getting, didn’t exist in Iraq. I know because the MSM told me so

/s


30 posted on 07/09/2014 9:20:44 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
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To: kristinn

At least one country isn’t afraid to use the “T” word.


31 posted on 07/09/2014 9:29:53 PM PDT by denydenydeny (Admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt one has for others.-Tocquevillea)
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To: sjmjax

Yup, a rationale the Left can live by.


32 posted on 07/09/2014 10:06:37 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: kristinn
Emperor Hadrian II is pleased to allow this to happen.
He allowed ISIS to invade and take 1/3 of Iraq.
By the way ?
The name ISIS ?
Is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, food for thought.
33 posted on 07/09/2014 11:10:38 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: kristinn

Good job Obama!


34 posted on 07/10/2014 4:43:26 AM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - a classical Christian approach to homeschool])
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To: American Constitutionalist
BTW
The goddess Isis gave birth to the god of war (not Nordic god of war but Babylonian or Egyptian god of war)
35 posted on 07/10/2014 4:58:31 AM PDT by SisterK (behold a pale horse)
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To: VRWCarea51

36 posted on 07/10/2014 5:06:47 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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To: kristinn

Eight ball in the corner pocket and order me another malt liquor.


37 posted on 07/10/2014 10:49:02 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Steely Tom

Hans Blix couldn’t find his ice-skating shoes.

University-grade uranium is so low in dangerous material that it basically poses no threat to anyone other than a careless handler.

Now, if it were a more upgraded version, then you could have serious problems.

Just look for Men in Black who glow at night and you’ll know who stole it. (Old Arab Curse: May your balls fall off and your camel sit on your face.)


38 posted on 07/10/2014 5:26:02 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: SisterK

Guess who is Emperor Hadrian II in 2014 ?


39 posted on 07/11/2014 12:17:52 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: bert

Megiddo in Jezreel valley ?


40 posted on 07/11/2014 12:20:04 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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