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2008-07-07 Iraq

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Posted by tu3031 2008-07-07 08:23|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I'm glad it is under friendly control.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-07-07 09:48|| 2008-07-07 09:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Interesting indeed. Tuwaitha is the location of the Osiraq reator bombed by Israel in 1981. While the reactor was completely destroyed, "agricultural research" continued there for years after the attack. For obvious reasons, that area was never a popular spot for UNSCOM inspectors.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-07-07 09:55|| 2008-07-07 09:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Unfortunately, this is the sealed yellowcake they already had on hand at the end of the first Iraq war, which was under the gimlet eye of the inspectors.

Which I thought somebody was gassing on about it having been stolen by malefactors back in 2004-5, so what's the deal, mainstream media? How'd we steal this yellowcake that supposedly had gone astray during the great looting of 2003?

Anyways - No Blood For Uranium! No Blood For Uranium!

Wheee!

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2008-07-07 10:12|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2008-07-07 10:12|| Front Page Top

#4 While yellowcake alone is not considered potent enough for a so-called 'dirty bomb' -- a conventional explosive that disperses radioactive material -- it could stir widespread panic if incorporated in a blast

Panic because the media persists in telling people that Uranium is dangerous, Uranium is bad and Uranium is used in dirty bombs.

In reality Uranium is not particularly radioactive.

The main isotope U238 has a half life of 5 billion years. U235 has a half life of 1 billion years. So if you had a pound of Uranium 235, it would a billion years for half of it to decay.
Very long half life == low activity.

Apart from not being very radioactive, the alpha radiation from Uranium is stopped by a piece of paper. Not lead, paper. Just one sheet will do.

The greatest danger from Uranium in a dirty bomb would be getting hit in the head from a piece of Uranium.

While Uranium is a heavy metal and thus toxic (like Lead, Mercury etc), nobody panics at the thought of a Lead dirty bomb.

Posted by john frum 2008-07-07 11:35|| 2008-07-07 11:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Here's the math:

http://tinyurl.com/5n93h9

Posted by OregonGuy">OregonGuy 2008-07-07 16:59|| http://oregonguythinks.blogspot.com/]">[http://oregonguythinks.blogspot.com/] 2008-07-07 16:59|| Front Page Top

#6 While Uranium is a heavy metal and thus toxic (like Lead, Mercury etc), nobody panics at the thought of a Lead dirty bomb.

John,
It's kind of hard to powder lead, but not so hard to powder yellowcake. A ton of the stuff spread as an aerosol would require some very costly clean-up, although it wouldn't be an immediate threat to anyone. I'm happy it's out of the Muddled East.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-07-07 17:38|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-07-07 17:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Yellowcake is Uranium Oxide. How about Lead Oxide?
You wouldn't have to powder it yourself... the same Lead Oxide powders used to make paint can be used. The Chinese probably sell the stuff by the ton.

Posted by john frum 2008-07-07 18:15|| 2008-07-07 18:15|| Front Page Top

#8 As argued times before, the real issue here is whether Saddam, as also for NOKOR + Pakistan wid AQ KHAN, transferred any to international/foreign Govts. whom sponsor and support anti-US agendas, includ but not limited to Terror. Uranium Yellowcake is very toxic = mortal to humans via skin absorption and normal inhalation [improved grain/powder], e.g. cancers - it is considered self-containing and not considered a threat to human life, even in open air, unless disturbed andor improperly handled widout precautions.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-07-07 19:28|| 2008-07-07 19:28|| Front Page Top

#9 Wait... what?

Oh right, I'm sure Saddam was only hoping to bake some cupcakes with this "yellowcake" stuff. Which means it was and is a senseless and unnecessary war, just like BHO's been saying. BHO is so dreamy.

Posted by eltoroverde 2008-07-07 19:41|| 2008-07-07 19:41|| Front Page Top

#10 See also WAFF.com > NUCLEAR-ARMED IRAN CHANGES THE WORLD; + IS THE WAR ON IRAN ON HOLD? [GlobalResearch.com].

Also from WAFF > HAARETZ - HOW MANY MISSLES CAN BE FIRED AT ISRAEL FROM IRAN, SYRIA, AND LEBANON?
Need for Israel to modify and adopt a new multi-front warfighting strategy, including for the containment of the PA = GAZA-WEST BANK.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-07-07 20:45|| 2008-07-07 20:45|| Front Page Top

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