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Posted on 09/28/2002 4:54:26 AM PDT by eabinga
Turkish police seize weapons-bound uranium 28/09/2002 - 11:04:38
Paramilitary police in Turkey have seized 15.7 kilograms of uranium and arrested two Turks who they said planned to sell the weapons-grade substance, the Anatolia news agency reported today.
Police, acting on a tip, stopped a taxi near the south-eastern city of Sanliurfa, Anatolia said. They found the uranium in a secret compartment under one of the car seats.
Police in Sanliurfa confirmed the arrests but refused to give further information.
Anatolia said the uranium was enriched for use in weapons. Police believe it was smuggled from an eastern European country.
The agency did not say when the arrests were made.
Sanliurfa, 480 miles from the capital Ankara, is close to the Syrian border.
Hey, either we unionize national defence (like the public schools and the great job their union is doing?) or the Demos let Saddam have us. That's the deal. Unionization in exchange of American lives.
It doesn't matter the union leaders said "no" to home phone numbers of airport security in case of a national emergency, because it invades the members privacy. In case of national emergency, don't call us, we'll call you? Sure.
Great idea Dashole.
Better stock up on emergency supplies now. If they unionize, we're toast.
No, he still is alive and well and living on the island of Imrali near Istanbul
where he is the sole occupant of the prison.
The Turks took great care to remove him from his cell during the earthquake
to make sure no harm came to him.
Turkey's Nuclear Trafficking(93-99): Turkish Nuclear Bazaar Pt II
Similarly, I wonder if Scott Ritter realizes what he's doing.
If there are *ever* any American deaths due to Iraq's WMD program, I have three confident predictions:
1. Scott Ritter's head would soon be mounted on a sharpened stick somewhere.
2. No jury in America would convict the perpetrator(s).
3. I would donate money to their defense fund.
The first word on the right side is 'PRIMARILY'.
He's been working on an A-bomb.
H-bombs take *FAR* more technical sophistication (and resources) to make. I'd be willing to bet large sums of money that Iraq would never be able to produce a working H-bomb.
To give you an idea, H-bombs use A-bombs as a "detonator" for the *really* big bang. So first you have to have the technology necessary to make an A-bomb. *Then* you have to have the (much more difficult) technology necessary to make the A-bomb go off in *just* the right way to trigger the fusion core so that it explodes, instead of vaporizes and self-destructs without reacting.
In terms of difficulty and precision, making a working (Uranium) A-bomb is like throwing a baseball and not fouling (i.e., takes some care and skill), making a working (Plutonium) A-bomb is like striking out Mark McGwire (takes great skill with no mistakes), and making a working H-bomb is like throwing the ball so it intercepts a rifle bullet in flight (superhuman timing and precision are absolutely necessary).
Wow. I didnt know that. Thanks.
as long as they keep voting for democrats, I don't think the Dems will worry about the body count.
In English no less!
The Turks are likely to agree with you. However that technique often produces false information, and also tends to use up the source rather quickly, so that you don't find out everything he knows. Better living through chemistry is the way to go, IMHO.
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