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ISIS Has Seized 88 Pounds Of Uranium In Northern Iraq
With the mainstream media having moved on in the news cycle to Dow 'almost' 17,000 and the 'Border Crisis' Scandal, it seems The Islamic State (the terrorists formerly known as ISIS) have stepped up their game and come out swinging... by seizing 88 pounds of nuclear material (uranium compounds) from Mosul University. As Iraq's UN Ambassador warned, "these nuclear materials, despite the limited amounts mentioned, "can be used in manufacturing weapons of mass destruction... or in combination with other materials in its terrorist acts."
As Reuters reports, insurgents in Iraq have seized nuclear materials used for scientific research at a university in the country's north, Iraq told the United Nations in a letter appealing for help to "stave off the threat of their use by terrorists in Iraq or abroad."
Nearly 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of uranium compounds were kept at Mosul University, Iraq's U.N. Ambassador Mohamed Ali Alhakim told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the July 8 letter obtained by Reuters on Wednesday.
"Terrorist groups have seized control of nuclear material at the sites that came out of the control of the state," Alhakim wrote, adding that such materials "can be used in manufacturing weapons of mass destruction."
"These nuclear materials, despite the limited amounts mentioned, can enable terrorist groups, with the availability of the required expertise, to use it separate or in combination with other materials in its terrorist acts," said Alhakim.
The US is playing down the threat (for a change)
A U.S. government source familiar with the matter said the materials were not believed to be enriched uranium and therefore would be difficult to use to manufacture into a weapon.
Another U.S. official familiar with security matters said he was unaware of this development raising any alarm among U.S. authorities.
But, ironicaly, it is is Iraq that is most worried about the nukes...
"The Republic of Iraq is notifying the international community of these dangerous developments and asking for help and the needed support to stave off the threat of their use by terrorists in Iraq or abroad," Alhakim wrote.
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"It also provides for expanded cooperation between and among states regarding rapid measures to locate and recover stolen or smuggled nuclear material, mitigate any radiological consequences of sabotage, and prevent and combat related offences," according to the IAEA.
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Another great addition to ISIS Annual Report and another potentially terrifying prospect for the rest of the world... all this as rockets from Gaza fall around Israel's Dimona nuclear facility also... Should be good for guaranteeing Dow 17,000 tomorrow...
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Glow in the Dark Watch Dials are Tritium Painted. That was used to replace the Radium Painted Dials which used to be used.
Hmmmm....Any Watch Repairshops in Iraq?
Sounds like ranting subjects for Limbaugh and Shill Hannity tomorrow.
Yeah. You are right. Zerohedge, at times, frontruns the news.
That is the best attribute of this site.
Thanks Tyler.
Thinking back, Saddam waited until the nice WTC owners had dual insurance policies on the place before knocking that complex down.
ISIS will most likely nuke an entity that is heavily insured.
Anyone aware of very large insurance policies recently underwritten?
Not a truther, here, but a fan of the conspiracy genre...Didn't the WTC owner crew buy Chicago's former "Sears tower" ? Seriously. Didn't they?
Larry Silverstein recently sold the Willis (Sears) Tower.
Ahh!
So, since you are not a truther then are you a liar since that is the opposite of truth?
Since when did being for the truth, seeking out the truth, supporting the truth no matter how ugly, become a cause for ridicule?
Did you ever think about that term and the way that the Main Stream Media has corrupted it?
Why is it that the MSM has not just labeled us as liars? Why will they go out of their way to create such a term?
Because they cannot label us as liars as they also know the truth.
Evidently he likes to swallow government lies.
I am hoping that he is seeking since he is interested in the "genre".
That is why I asked him questions rather than just thrash him. He does not seem to be trolling.
(I know..I know that this is Fight Club and all o' that...Yet he may not be aware of the thrashing attitude which is expected here.)
So I am making an attempt to reason with him.
Hopefully he is thinking.
but did he retain an insurance policy?
The invasion of Iraq, namned "Iraqi Freedom" and widely supported by Americans across the country went from being a highly rated CNN Mini Series, to an occupation show that Americans grew tired of in search for newer programing. By the time American troops left, many Americans didn't even know we had troops there. The war was sold as the Patriotic Test of your Americanhood. Support attacking Iraq and you were a good American, a true Patriot, oppose the invasion and you were a liberal, a communist and a traitor to all American stood for, like freedom and free markets. Who can forget to forests of American flag and yellow ribbons. This really was America at its very best.
Since the "Mission was Accomplished", Iraq has slowly been invaded by Jihad. America's Syrian Proxy war required American support for Sunni Jihad, just the floks we fought in the Iraq occupation. Once well paid, well armed and well trained, mostly by Saudi Arabia and America, these new allies of ours invaded Iraq. And now we have the present situation there.
No American from Bush on down through the Pentagon, Congress, State department, CIA or others have ever been held to account for the money and the lives that have proven to have been spent for nothing. Just seems like defense contractors made trillions and we the people took it up the ass. Anyone with an alternative Patriotic take on the Iraq invasion is welcome to prove me wrong.
well said Jack
Once you realise that all those who seek and attain power over others are in a big club and are playing games with the rest of humanity for their own benefit and entertainment, everything falls into place.
Don't take part. Starve the beast.
Train, study, and join or start a mlitia.
The US used more than 88 pounds of depleted uranium in Iraq. What about the US soldiers exposed?
http://rt.com/news/iraq-depleted-uranium-health-394/
Although army training manuals were written in the 1980s to warn tank
crews and commanders of the dangers associated with DU rounds,
the Pentagon failed to warn Gulf War troops of the dangers.
The Defense Department did circulate a memo to Gulf War
commanders that contained three key points: any vehicle
or system struck by a DU penetrator can be assumed to be
contaminated; personnel should avoid entering contaminated
areas; and, if troops must enter contaminated areas, they
should wear protective clothing. Unfortunately, this memo
was written on March 7, 1991, eight days after the firing
of weapons ceased in the Persian Gulf.
http://www.projectcensored.org/9-us-troops-exposed-to-depleted-uranium-during-gulf-war/
Reminds me of the Iraq war when we (Boosh) riddled the ministry of state security (Iraq FBI) with hundreds or thousands of DU A10 rounds, it was a treasure trove of valuable intelligence and we destroyed it for some strange reason.
Anyway the A10 cannon holds 1350 rounds of DU, about a pound each, one trigger burst is 88 pounds.
This was just reported - meaning it probably happened a number of days ago and is finally being reported. I have been wondering why the US response to the ISIS attacks has been so weak -- now we may know why. Bring in too much airpower or drone attacks and you give ISIS motivation to retaliate. And unlike how the US and Iraqi governments handled the uranium, I am sure that ISIS is keeping it well hidden and well protected.
Bullshit.
It's being processed and packed in a warhead in Los Alamos as we speak.
Some guy is standing by with a stencil to write something spooky on it in Farsi.
open border policy ?
dirty bomb sept/oct 2016 ?
people riot ?
declare martial law ?
suspend elections ?
third term.............. ?
checkmate bitchez
Great scott! Lets get into the Delorean and get those 88 pounds!
On it's way to a Mexico-US border crossing near you.
If you live in a large American city: MOVE!
If you live in Chicago:
STAY!
You know, after Katrina hit, the NO Saints did really well. I'm wondering if something similar would happen to the Cubs if Chicago had a mishap? .... then again, I love Chicago, so maybe it would be better to just walk a goat into Wrigley already.....
ISIS will promptly use some of the Uranium on Syria. Assad will be blamed for WMD use again, and the U.S.N. will bomb the fuck out of Syria. ISIS will then steamroll through downtown Baghdad while no one is paying attention.
At least that's what the guys at the CIA told me.
How about them busting up Jonah's tomb today? That's fucked up. Who did Jonah ever hurt, except he made a whale puke? These ISIS fucks walk around as if they know someone has their backs. That's fucked up, too.
I hope those poor ISIS members do not eat the uranium.
Maybe we shoudl twitter their accounts and tell them it's halal. Be interesting to see just how many people would buy into it and sprinkle some of this on their corn flakes...
Tell them its allahs viagra.
hard wire the Kraptrashian sisters Twitter feed....they'll either give up crying in a week....or.....go full war on banshee allah-akbar on everyone....
GET....THE SHIT SHOW.....STARTED....
If you know how, look for very large short orders in specific sectors. Share with the class, please.
Recall, a group of skillful traders shorted the airline stocks just before airplanes crashed into a bunch of U.S buildings. What a hunch, huh.
SURPRISE! Easter bunny with basket has been located again!!!
Of course?... Bravo... Why the hell not try it ALL OVER AGAIN?!!!...
Need another 9/11 courtesy of the "usual suspects" in Tel Aviv and Washington -owned and operated "Central" for the next big round of fireworks to rally the stupidest motherfuckers (where else would you find them?) the United States of America!
Cross your fingers this go around... I don't think "the fish are biting" the way they did 12 years 10 months and 2 days ago... And if they do?...
Sure hope Russia and China nuke the fucking shit out overy square miles of this God foresaken piece of shit called North America!
And of course Canada, Britain, Tel Aviv and Haifa!!!
Canada? Whom did we ever hurt?
Get the people of Canada to revolt and kill PM Harper and the members of Parliament that support the fucking asshole and all the Zionist lobbies that coerce them through bribery and threats and I'll cut you the slack!
You know the fucking pussy of all pussies the U.S. of A. won't take care of Congress and the President... Especially the DoD and all branches of the military that dutifully follow orders for the "paycheck" regardless of the Constitution.
So that leaves Canada to show the leadership the pusilanimous Americans will NEVERHAVE!
Cartmen.
And probably Kenny, too.
You bastards.
Did they hurt Cartman because of his faith?
Then Kenny goes to hell?
Those damned Canadians.
Bring up the Human Shield brigade fast.
The natives?
This story sounds unreal, but it is from Reuters report. The story is specific at 40 kilograms, but unspecific as to what enrichment, or as to why a Iraq university would have such a presumably radioactive material. I am a physicist and my US university had no microscopic ammount of enriched uranium. Was this left over from Sadam? If so then Bush is exonorated about weapons of mass distruction. Either way this story sounds unreal.
Are you sure Surreal isn't the word you seek?
Surreal is if I see Isis making uranium ice cream. Unreal is if I hear Isis is making uranium ice cream
So..let me see if I have got this straight.
Hearing voices is the auditory delusion that is unreal.
And...
Seeing something which does not exist is a visual delusion which is surreal.
Well...okay I guess.
Knock yourself out.
- We don't have enough road to get up to 88.
- Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.
I thought we had the most technologically advanced military in the known world. Why in the fuck are these people running amok........??
Isis blocks the supply line Iran-Iraq-Syria. Their running amok suits neocon interests.
Buy several bear traps for after the lights go out. Plant the traps around the perimeter of your house as a first line of defense.
EMP!
EMP!
88 pounds?
Sounds better if you say 40 kilograms
Only drugdealers speak of kilos. hehe
Now they need some sort of plan to get that uranium to Michigan. A postal truck after Mother's day?
Hopefully it won't be before either another "9/11 Anniversary" passes us by without a legitimate investigation or the NYCCAN gets it's business finished with the "building safety initiative"!!!...
One can only hope and pray that "88 pounds" of plutonium doesn't make another list of victims so that we are once again told we must go to war for "God and Country" no matter if it's lies or truth!
In addition to stealing the uranium, ISIS also desacrated the tomb of the prophet Jonah. So much for the "we worship the same God" meme.
see how they roll
this is who they
are.
this is who they have always been
change
change the bad
with mostache
without
with beard
without.
the new this or worse than that.
here to protect you.
using your tax dollars and drugs monies.
welcome no
welcome
2
the cia
the mossad
and the mi6
kosher satan lovin crew.
Are we sure this isn't 40kgs of A-10 Warthog ammo?
only 88 lbs?
CIA budget cuts?
We killed Saddam Hussein over banking issues in selling oil in euro currency. Why is this different today?
Banking cunt rags will be hung over fraud. Thank you.
come on guys chill.
if you sweep up anywhere in iraq.
sweep up der earth and the dust all over
put it in a bucket you got 88 pounds of depleted uranium.
remember your taxes paid for 5000 tons of ge depleted uranium to be dumped via bomb and missile all over iraq.
88 pounds is nuttin.
fuck you cheney,kissinger and bressinski just die already.
What does this have to do wiiith O's golf game?...and what else is there?
The Petro Dollar Iraqi Oil and Bush
Some live the American Dream others The Nightmare......as long as someone profits, the dream is still fed by the carrot in front of the Ass, which is just out of reach for most.
I'm beginning to think this is part of the war mongering machine. That its scare talk designed to incite fear in the public mind and therefore military action. Few people realize how much in vogue this has become thanks to Hank Paulson's hugely successful TARP argument, "there will be tanks in the streets."
That's because it is. By design as usual.
This pattern just became evident to you?
Better late than never. Welcome. The good news is you'll start to spot this shit everywhere.
The bad news is you'll start to spot this everywhere.
And it cannot be reversed.
Put another way, "it is not paranoia if they are really after you"! ;-)
Good thing the USA has solid border security, yup.
Yup.
WHAT ? First they got 400 millions + of money. Now, they have the material to make dirty bomb.
I am starting to suspect this is run by CIA and NSA.
This is unabashed fear-mongering by the Jewish media to justify another war that benefits Israel. They need to put the Muslim bogeyman on TV, movies, and newspapers daily.
This is probably "back story" to be able to point fingers when a false flag nuke goes off. How many years has the USA been in Iraq? Did it ever occur to the military that somebody should secure that shit? The whole thing is a little too cute, seems like Cheney-think to me.
So who gave an Iraqi university 40 kilograms of radioactive material? For what reason? Is this part of Saddam's famous WMD cache? Maybe Bush and Cheney will be vindicated after all! Very few universities even in Europe and in the US would have that much radioactive material laying around. The idiots at the State Department are right for once in that you can't make a nuclear bomb with that (assuming it isn't weapons grade material) but they can certainly make several big dirty bombs from this cache. It is interesting that the US State Department already knew they couldn't make a bomb with the material before anyone described what kind of material it is!
This was easier to obtain than scraping all the DU from the desert. I have seen pictures of what used DU does to offspring. The deformations are horrible and in some places in Iraq people are urged not to have children. Anway, nuclear material in the hands of religious lunatics, what can go wrong?
My late grandpappy used to say his Rocket 88 didn't like to stop.
Hell, the old boy was a visionary.
"Once this sucker hits 88 lbs, you're going to see some serious shit"
88 is a big time Chinese lucky number. Of course, any number with lots of 8 digits is a lucky number (unless it has 4 digits too, because 4 digits are unlucky). Not that I believe any of that nonsense, but most Chinese do.
PS: Next thing you know we'll find out Rodney McKay was kidnapped. Hahaha.
Now which Western cities could be destroyed in false flag attacks while basically leaving the interests of the world's elite intact in the long term? Anyone willing to play a game of "if there were an attack, where would that attack most likely be and why"?
Nah, somewhere with oil, then they will build sideways straws under the glass and drill and drink their milkshake. Collateral damage becomes a very literal term.
some douche city....like.....name one in Israel....or some lame Grecian sleepy olive growing berg.....
Italy is nice...this time of year...perfect for a summer mushroom cloud....
Maybe....Mumbai....those pesky Indians....
Western you ask?
Oh...Calgary...some out of the way...but still painful place....Des Moines....Galveston...dart board and a map overlay....i think that's how they'll decide
88 measly pounds?
Fuck....my neighbor has 1,000 pounds of it...bragged about it at the 4th of Jooly party/fireworks false flag artillery show the other day....
he's real dick too....plays the morning "call to prayer"....has goats....goes by the name "Mockmood" or something....
NSA fuck-os....monitoring...he's 5 doors down from me....shitty house....gleeming SUV parked in the crumbling driveway.....
go get em....
sarc/ (for the fuckstick rookies thinkin "hey boss...check this out"....)
so we're worried about 88 pounds of uranium powder being put in a dirty bomb, but we've forgotten about 4,000 TONS of ENRICHED uranium and plutonium that's leaking like a budget deficit into the Pacific.
I posit more people will die from Fukushima, although in a less spectacular way, than any ISIS dirty bomb attack.
No, we should not be worried because of the 88 pounds of radioactive matter, we should be worried about the fact that they allegedly possess it. That opens doors for any kind of crazy nuclear false flag operations.
Who needs 88 pounds of uranium when you have a crippled Fukushima and a super typhoon named raccoon headed for it?
we're not worried about it in itself. we're worried that the public are being set up for a very nasty false flag.
I have 89 lbs...of unemployment benefits.
-Barrack Obama
what enrichment grade is it ?
for example 88 pounds of uranium ore is nothing
for example 88 pounds of uranium ore is nothing
Well, I know it's nothing. But, if we give Colin Powell some markers and paper in front of the UN, we can get infinite funding again for another 10 year war!
Prepare for a veeery hot soccer final. If I was Frau Merkel I would watch it on TV...
Remember this all started with 9/11. Now Russia is starting to 'out' that false flag. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoJGCU2XVyw#t=61. Im betting 9/11 will be outed and will be a trigger for the PTB
Gosh, I guess the WMD inpectors forgot to check the university.
My money's on Spain. They said a few days ago, they will retake it. Add to that 60% youth unemployment, Europeans sick of NATO, far right election victories, etc. Christianity vs Islam: Ver.02
Also, the Maoist barrosso can take his rightful place in history :) what's not to love?
The whole thing smells like BS propaganda, designed to terrorize and push the weak minded into believing more military action is warranted.
Wmd
So Bush didn't lie?
It takes a special kind of stupid to be 13 years into this WMD BS and still not have it secured from known locations.
I am more afraid of the super aspartame and GMO corn syrup that is spreading like the blob.
Read Agenda 21 and you will know terror!
What's the fuss? Can't you buy enriched uranium at Mosque Depot?...
If it is just yellow cake, uranium as it is mined then it is not much danger. It has to highly purified to useful as nuclear fuel and that requires sophisticated centrifuges.
So 88 pounds of what type of uranium?
42kg of standard mined uranium would be useless for most things.
The enriched unranium is bouncing around in the back of one of those brand-new Toyota Tundra TRD Extended Cabs with All Wheel Drive. Just point your sattelites at the trucks and find the one with the bellied tires, or rides a little low in back.
I know! You could put in a full service gasoline station like in the olden times. When ISIS comes into gas up, "ding ding" goes the driveway signal, you, dressed in an attendant outfit with a smart cap, and a smile on your face, discreetly check their truck with your Mr. Radiation Detector. Also, Junior Sleuth, check to see which guys are bleeding out of their eyes and puking hummus.
"W88" is the name of one of the standard nuclear warheads used on the MIRV missiles. They are the cute conical thingys, three or more to each missile, that can hit independent targets. The article does not touch on the most important issue - what is the material stolen and is it dangerous or not.
it's not that problems arise, it's when problems arise, who will do what?
there's a lame duck communist in the WH and his herd of followers and he will do nothing
the UN? they've done nothing for decades
inaction is the issue
yore rayciststsists
It's useless. Unrefined uranium is not all that radioactive and useless in a dirty bomb. It is, however, a heavy metal poison, but so is lead, and it is much more abundant and easier to obtain.
It is refined Uranium Salts.
Of course you failed to do the required reading...since that information is in the article.
What shall I expect???
Refined to what level? Commercial grade? Weapons grade?
Let us all turn our heads towards Mecca and Thank Allah that Obama and Hillary released Al Baghdadi, as one of their first acts after coming into power.
Obama Akbar!
So, takbir then?
Yeah. Obama ackhbar...Blessed be the name of the King of Sodom with his queen, Michael.
Now back to the regular scheduled programming of the never ending drama, "As the Stomach Turns."
This just means the US military is incompetent. Close the Pentagon. Move everything and everyone to the Middle East. We don't need generals carrying a piece of paper from one side of the Pentagon to the other. For the money the US spends on defense, what do we get in return? Delist all defense stocks from Wall Street. If Iraq has a stock exchange, that's where defense stocks trade, and no place else on Planet Earth.
Cover story bread-crumb for an impending false-flag dirty bomb attack.
Well, it does fit in with Cheney's recent remarks, doesn't it? Coincidence i am sure.
as the jihadi said: SEE YOU IN NUEVO YORK......
Brennan and Obumbler have been shipping arms to africa FROM LYBIA, where they are tested and refurbished..... and then show up in Gaza and get lobbed at Israel... our ally..
OTHERS WERE SHIPPED VIA TURKEY AND QATAR TO ISIS... (DSESCRIBED BY OBUMBLER AS THE "MODERATE JIHADIS"...)
The same scumbag duo trained ISIS in Qatar and provide then with intel and operational leadership (the 5 goons released for the TRAITOR)....
OBUMBLER LEAVES THE DOOR WIDE OPEN FOR THE TERRORISTS WITH A WELCOME MAT TO BRING THE DIRTY BOMBS IN....
wehen will this pos be IMPEACHED...??? WHAT DOES IT TAKE....
OBAMA HAS ARMED, FUNDED, TRAINED, AIDED AND ABETTED A SWORN ENEMY..... T R E A S O N..... our second BENEDICT ARNOLD
A few suicide bombers with packages of radioactive dust covering the explosives and you have one heck of an effective dirty bomb.
yes but this is not that. 1) That would be easily detected and you'd need a great degree of sheilding so you don't die before you could carry out the attack. 2) You'd need enriched Uranium U238 for it to be unstable enough to actually be a dirty bomb. If this is just U235, which i think it is because i doubt these fools are using NBC suits, it wouldn't be effective. U235 is only dangerous if it's inhaled or ingested. You can wear nitrile gloves and be just fine holding it. U238 requires a lot more shielding. It's not something you could just toss in a breifcase.
A dirty bomb requires enriched Uranium U238 or other nuclear bomb grade material. The difference is just that you don't have the sophistication to fire off the chain reaction, so you just use the explosive to cover a large area with highly radioactive material. U235 would not work.
whatever happened to the 2 nukes that were moved from a texas facility UNAUTHORIZED and headed to the EAST COAST (Charleston)..... stay tuned..... now a round of golf or two and a pool game and a beer.. and some blow....ah now that's better
alright calm down. We used to use Uranium in pottery to give it a nice bright yellow color. U235 may be carcinogenic, but it's not something you'd put in a dirty bomb. After all, you just need to wear nitril gloves to handle it safely, no NBC suit necessary. Do you really think terrorists would waste their time and resources to build a bomb that might makes people sick over the period of several years? A sickness that could be easily treated if people catch it early, which they most certainly would because we'd know right away that those people were exposed.
Consider also the source. The government of iraq is desparate. They are loosing their grip on the country. Doesn't it seem likely that they'd pull the same fear mongering WMD lie that was used to get us in there the first time?
Don't believe everything the media tells you and especially take whatever a desparate government diplomat says with a large grain of salt. They don't give a damn about the international community. They aren't informing us for our protection. They are trying to convince us to go back and save their skins.
First off, I love the graphic with the headline-the "r@di@tion" symbol morphed into "The Scream"-pure genius!
Ok. I got my isotopes backwards. U235 is the fissible stuff. But you get my point.
You missed the point. "Radioactive material" is now missing. All you need is to find some nut-case Islamist, give him some slightly radioactive material that you have told him is highly radioactive material from the rag head university and instant panic when he sets it off with a mild explosive in some venue like the Boston Marathon.
Assuming this is all building up to the biggest, nastiest false flag in history where will it occur?
my guess: London, Paris or Rome
I call bull shit. I'll put money on they don't have 88 oz.
Well, this is obviously false since it is common knowledge there were no WMD's ever in Iraq.
I hope they were wearing the proper safety gear. Otherwise they could get hurt.
IN TWO WORDS EACH IF ONE SYLLABLE
OHH..FUCK!!