Former President George W. Bush has apparently been vindicated by the revelation of secret shipments of uranium from Iraq to Canada, dating back to the regime of Saddam Hussein prior to the U.S. intervention.
CNN is reporting that 500 tons of low-grade uranium was secretly shipped out of Iraq with the full cooperation of the Canadian government.
Uranium is a key ingredient in the making of nuclear weapons.
Thus, it is apparent that the claim that 'nothing was found in Iraq' which could be connected with the making of weapons of mass destruction is clearly wrong.
My hunch is that Bush knew much more about the danger the U.S. and the world faced--but chose not to disclose such information for national security purposes.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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Grown-ups with half a brain already knew this stuff.
Pretty scary when you think of all the grown-ups who aren't even that minimally qualified, isn't it?
I mean Hell! Iraq never had chemical weapons, right? All those Kurds died from lack of sunscreen, that's why all the blisters.
Firstly, everyone, UN inspectors included, knew Iraq had this stuff. It was under UN seal. It's from their Osiraq nuclear reactor program at Tuwaitha that has been idle since Israel bombed the reactor construction site in the 80s. We also bombed the site in the Gulf War. The nuclear weapons sites were some of the facilities that we allowed to be looted after we took over. (http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/05/16/sprj.nilaw.iraq.radiation/index.html)
Second, low-grade uranium is pretty much useless for any kind of military use. It was not an issue. The US probably wanted it out of Iraq _now_ so that it couldn't be sold to Iran for use in their centrifuges.
Third, this uranium is exactly why it was absurd to claim that Iraq was seeking uranium in Africa - they already had 500 tons, so why would they be looking for more?
What would you expect that Iraq would have done, in the 80s and 90s, with 500 tons of yellowcake that they couldn't use because all their nuclear facilities had been destroyed?
It's not like they could sell it, being under sanctions as they were.
Jon H., I am going to assume you just don't know what you are talking about. That saves me from making less flattering assumptions.
Yellow cake is pretty much harmless, right up until it is enriched. There are two main methods of enrichment, gaseous diffusion being the one I am most familiar with, also being the one Iraq had contracted with France for the components of gaseous diffusion equipment. Contracts that were honored, until the components were found and confiscated by us.
You didn't know about that? Or did you just choose to ignore it?
Strike one.
You mention the sanctions against Iraq as prohibiting their being able to sell yellow cake if they could not take delivery of the gaseous diffusion equipment. REally? Really? Just like they couldn't market oil above the levels necessary for humanitarian and medical expenses? Right? We all know they couldn't do that. Except they did.
Strike two.
And of course it could never have been delivered, except for all the truck convoys we saw going into Saudi Arabia on satellite. Of course, crossing that border to make a delivery would have been much harder than crossing or reaching the Iraq/Iran border right?
Strike three. You're out!
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