The United States government says it secretly removed more than 1.7 tonnes of enriched uranium and other radioactive materials from Iraq that could potentially be used to manufacture a "dirty" radiological bomb or support a nuclear weapons program. The move came ahead of the June 28 handover of power from the US-led coalition of occupying powers to Iraq's interim government now formally charged with running the country while trying stamp out an escalating insurgency. "This operation was a major achievement for the Bush administration's goal to keep potentially dangerous nuclear materials out of the hands of terrorists," Energy Secretary Spencer...