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  • Iran's plot to mine uranium in Africa

    08/05/2006 4:42:49 PM PDT · by Pokey78 · 35 replies · 1,315+ views
    The Sunday Times (U.K.) ^ | 08/06/06 | Jon Swain, David Leppard and Brian Johnson-Thomas
    IRAN is seeking to import large consignments of bomb-making uranium from the African mining area that produced the Hiroshima bomb, an investigation has revealed. A United Nations report, dated July 18, said there was “no doubt” that a huge shipment of smuggled uranium 238, uncovered by customs officials in Tanzania, was transported from the Lubumbashi mines in the Congo. Tanzanian customs officials told The Sunday Times it was destined for the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, and was stopped on October 22 last year during a routine check. The disclosure will heighten western fears about the extent of Iran’s presumed...