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Missing keys, holes in fence and a single padlock: welcome to Congo's nuclear plant
Guardian ^ | Nov. 23, 2006 | Chris McGreal
Posted on 11/23/2006 8:48:29 AM PST by Schnucki
The IAEA is worried that lax security could lead to enriched uranium falling into the wrong hands
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Congo’s atomic energy commission has missed every target on security and safety, but funding is coming in and its officials believe that a bright future lies ahead for the nuclear facility.
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Amid the market stalls, hawkers and gridlocked cars on the road out of Congo's capital and into the Kinshasa hills there is nothing to mark the way to a nondescript clutch of buildings a few hundred yards down a side street.
The dilapidated concrete compound is protected by little more than a low-slung rusted barbed-wire fence and a rickety gate sealed by a single padlock. It would be easy enough to slip through a hole in the fence but there is no need, as the main entrance to what is supposed to be one of the best guarded sites in Congo is often unmanned.
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"Grandmother in first Hamas suicide attack in two years"
breitbart.com ^ | 11-23-2006 | staff
Posted on 11/23/2006 11:47:13 AM PST by Nachum
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A Palestinian grandmother blew herself up in the Gaza Strip, lightly wounding three Israeli soldiers, in the first suicide attack claimed by Hamas in almost two years.
The mother of nine and grandmother of 41 became the oldest Palestinian suicide bomber at the age of 57, approaching troops operating to curb daily rocket attacks, the army said.
"Troops saw a woman approaching them in a suspicious manner and identified her carrying an explosive device," a spokeswoman said of the incident in the northern town of Jabaliya.
"They then threw a stun grenade in her direction but she managed to blow herself up," the spokeswoman said, adding that three soldiers were lightly hurt.
Within minutes the armed wing of the Hamas claimed the bombing."