[FairOpinion]

Wait a minute.

1. I thought liberals,the UN, Hans Blicks and the IAEA are telling us that therer are NO WMD-s in Iraq and the justification for war was never proven.

2. IMPORTANT NOTE: IAEA worries that "terrorists could build plenty of dirty bombs" with some of the isotopes that have gone missing. Excuuuuuuse me, and that was not WMD and was NOT considered dangerous when Saddam had all this?!!!!!!!!!! And this isn't enough justification for the war, to get this stuff out of Saddam's hands?

Why did the UN inspectors leave all this stuff in Iraq in Saddam's hands in the first place.

[FairOpinion]

For those who don't like to click on links, here is another small excerpt from the article:

"The well-known Al Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center, about 12 miles south of Baghdad, had nearly two tons of partially enriched uranium, along with significant quantities of highly radioactive medical and industrial isotopes, when International Atomic Energy Agency officials made their last visit in January."

And the UN left it in Saddam's hands and kept telling us how there is no danger.

[Destro]

Radioactive material is not WMD. Your local cancer hospital has radioactive material used to treat patients, etc. The people who looted what they looted have no idea what radiation is or what it can do.

[Bill Davis FR]

bush...unintended consequences...

[Allan]

IAEA officials worry

This may not be the real story.
According to international law
IAEA has jurisdiction over this site
however the US
which believes the IAEA is corrupt
does not want it there.

The reports of looting may have been invented
(or simulated)
to give the US an excuse
to retain control

[John H K]

2. IMPORTANT NOTE: IAEA worries that "terrorists could build plenty of dirty bombs" with some of the isotopes that have gone missing. Excuuuuuuse me, and that was not WMD and was NOT considered dangerous when Saddam had all this?!!!!!!!!!! And this isn't enough justification for the war, to get this stuff out of Saddam's hands?

You have the mistaken impression that UN resolutions banned Iraq from having anything radioactive. They did nothing of the sort.

These were all legal materials monitored by the IAEA.

Them's the facts. You may not like them, but none of this material was in violation of anything Iraq agreed to. Their nuclear weapons program was shut down; not their nuclear program.

[American in Israel]

Dirty bombs are not WMD. They do not do mass destruction, A ounce of anthrax is far more dangerous than a pound of radio active garbage strewn around.

Expensive to clean up yes, but mass destruction? I don't think so...

[ex-Texan]

*BUMP !*

[CyberAnt]

And ... we have seen articles here on FR which showed that this site had been looted LONG BEFORE WE ENTERED IRAQ. There is no way we are to blame for this.

[CyberAnt]

I have wondered if the people who looted these facilities really understood what they were stealing. I read here on FR that some of the barrels which had contained very toxic elements were being used by ordinary townspeople. This causes me to wonder if the people who took the barrels had any idea what had been inside the barrels.

I have also read there have been idications some people in that location are now suffering from radiation sickness.