1,000 Iraqis at risk of nuclear contamination, says IAEA

[Barrett808]

1,000 Iraqis at risk of nuclear contamination, says IAEA
Ian Traynor
Tuesday April 25, 2006
The Guardian

More than 1,000 Iraqis who live south of Baghdad within the bombed and looted complex that was once the centre of Saddam Hussein's nuclear programme are at acute risk of radioactive poisoning, the UN's nuclear authority said yesterday.

The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency said it was launching a clean-up operation at the Tuwaitha plant, 14 miles south of Baghdad, and appealed for international involvement in what it said would be a long-term challenge.

"This is a huge task, one that could take many years," said Dennis Reisenweaver, the IAEA safety expert in charge of the clean-up. The priority was to identify and cordon off the most hazardous areas of radioactive contamination.
The Tuwaitha complex was at the centre of Saddam's illicit nuclear projects, although it was thoroughly investigated and largely dismantled during the UN inspections in the 1990s.

The Americans, citing the threat of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction as grounds for their invasion and occupation in 2003, came under severe criticism for failing to secure the complex and standing by while it was ransacked.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1760547,00.html

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. Not to mention the DU we scattered all over

the country, huh?

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. Depleted Uranium - harmfull?? - nahh - the Dept of Death told us it's safe

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your government wouldn't lie to you

would they?

[Barrett808]

3. The failure to secure Tuwaitha is the best evidence for impeachment

If the Bush mob had believed their own story about Iraqi mushroom clouds, they would damn sure have secured Tuwaitha. But they allowed the nuclear sites to be looted for weeks on end. Therefore, they lied. And must be impeached.