Paging Joe Wilson
The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program _ a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium _ reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.
The removal of 550 metric tons of “yellowcake” _ the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment _ was a significant step toward closing the books on Saddam’s nuclear legacy. It also brought relief to U.S. and Iraqi authorities who had worried the cache would reach insurgents or smugglers crossing to Iran to aid its nuclear ambitions.
No WMDs? No nuclear program? No yellowcake? Really?
Mitch H.:
I don’t know about idiots talking about Hussein not having a nuke program, but this is the yellowcake from the Osirak era, which was sitting under inspection seal before those seals were broken by looters after the invasion. I guess it didn’t all get stolen like the hyperventilators would have had us believe back in 2004.
July 8, 2008, 4:23 pm