Posted on 09/28/2002 2:12:10 PM PDT by Diogenesis
SMOKING GUN LINKS URANIUM to GERMANY WHILE IRAQ's PR Ritter Stokes Islamic Hate.
This is a MUST-SEE.
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In Turkey, captured weapons-grade urainum ~33 pounds.
Detained two men from an east European country, cost ~5 million dollars
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Meanwhile in London, Scott Ritter, former American, inflames one hundred thousand.
The first reviews of them showed that many (not all) were died in the wool Nazies. So, they scuttled the reports and greensheeted them (declared that the reviews had determined they were NOT Nazies). But - they were. This is not even a secret anymore - a lot of the paperwork was declassified in the 90's because it was so long ago.
Same here, CNN would cover for the dims as long as they could.
And that goes for the Germans too. Not only have they been busy trying to get Iraq off the hook so that their complicity in the Iraqi weapons program could remain hidden, but they are still at it. "East Europe" my butt!!
It's enough to make one wish we hadn't helped re-build Germany. I'm 50% German and consider them beneath contempt.
Just strange. very strange. What with this guy's intelligence and knowledge, why is he making unfounded declarative statements -- Iraq has no nukes, etc. -- that fly in the of a great deal of evidence. This just doesn't make any sense. And it can't be just about being dissed by the Congress, or a paltry loan to finance a movie. No, either there is a lot more money involved that no-one has discovered or this guy is SERIOUSLY disturbed. The latter is my bet.
Saturday, 28 September, 2002, 16:40 GMT 17:40 UK
Turkish police seize smuggled uranium
By Tabitha Morgan Istanbul
Turkish police say they have seized more than 15 kilograms (34.5 pounds) of weapons grade uranium, which had been smuggled into the country from Eastern Europe.
Two men have been arrested for questioning in the south of the country, close to the Syrian border.
According to the Turkish state news agency, the uranium was being transported in a taxi, concealed in a lead container beneath the seats.
The taxi was intercepted near the south-west town of Sanliurfa, after police received a tip-off.
It is not yet clear where the uranium, estimated to be worth $5m on the black market, was being taken, but it is unlikely there would have been a market for it within Turkey.
The Turkish media have been speculating that the alleged smugglers, both Turks, may have planned to take the weapons grade material through Syria and on into Iraq.
The seizure is the biggest of its kind in recent years.
Since the collapse of the Soviet bloc, Turkey has been a transit route for smuggled nuclear materials, many of which have found their way onto the black market in Istanbul.
Last year two men were arrested in the city after trying to sell a kilo of uranium wrapped in newspaper to undercover police agents.
While the Turkish authorities will welcome this latest seizure, they will be uneasy about the international focus on Turkey as a smuggling route for such dangerous materials.
Stay Safe River Rat !
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