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Uranium Seized In Turkey
More than 15kg of weapons-grade uranium has been seized in Turkey. Paramilitary police found the chemicals - worth $5m on the black market - in a taxi in the southern province of Sanliurfa, which borders Syria and is about 155 miles from Iraq. It was held in a lead container hidden beneath the vehicle's seat.We can probably launch any time now... America and Britain has insisted Iraq could produce a nuclear bomb within a year if it could obtain fissile material from abroad. Like weapons-grade uranium... The find is likely to be seized upon by both countries who are pressing for a military strike on Iraq to end its alleged nuclear weapons programme. "Our investigation on whether the uranium was destined for a neighbouring country is continuing," a Sanliurfa police official was quoted as saying. "SÌkrÌ, don't hit him there! He'll get cancer or something... Well, guess it doesn't matter, does it? Heh heh." Authorities believe the uranium came from an east European country, Turkish news agency Anatolian reported. Which one? Not... Ukraine? Mr Powell would probably like to talk to them about that, too... Police in Istanbul seized more than 1kg of weapons-grade uranium last November that had been smuggled into Turkey from an east European nation. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-09-28 |
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