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URANIUM STORY PROVEN TO BE ANOTHER WAR LIE
ANOTHER AMERICAN WAR LIE AND FABRICATION EXPOSED TO BE A HOAX. CAN ANYBODY SAY INCUBATOR BABY SCAM?
Turkish Atomic Energy Institute chief Guler Koksal said the material seized Monday by police near the Syrian border was harmless, containing zinc, iron, zirconium and manganese.
Turkish Atomic Energy Institute chief Guler Koksal said the material seized Monday by police near the Syrian border was harmless, containing zinc, iron, zirconium and manganese.
AP-ES-09-30-02 2038EDT
This story can be found at: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAKOX53R6D.html
Sep 30, 2002
Turkish Atomic Energy Institute Says Seized Material Not Uranium
The Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Atomic energy officials said Monday that a substance seized by police near the Syrian border was not weapons-grade uranium as Turkish officials first reported, according to the Anatolia news agency.
Atomic Energy Institute chief Guler Koksal said the material was harmless, containing zinc, iron, zirconium and manganese.
The announcement ended days of speculation that the substance might have been destined for neighboring Iraq, which the United States accuses of trying to smuggle in nuclear material for a secret weapons program.
Police, acting on a tip, recovered the material in a taxi last week in Sanliurfa province, near the Syrian border. Two Turks who were trying to sell the material as uranium were released from custody.
The seizure alarmed intelligence agencies around the world when the Turkish police said it weighed 35 pounds last week. On Monday, police said the material weighed only 5 ounces.
The disparity occurred because authorities initially included the weight of the lead container in which the material was placed, police said.
This story can be found at: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAKOX53R6D.html
Sep 30, 2002
Turkish Atomic Energy Institute Says Seized Material Not Uranium
The Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Atomic energy officials said Monday that a substance seized by police near the Syrian border was not weapons-grade uranium as Turkish officials first reported, according to the Anatolia news agency.
Atomic Energy Institute chief Guler Koksal said the material was harmless, containing zinc, iron, zirconium and manganese.
The announcement ended days of speculation that the substance might have been destined for neighboring Iraq, which the United States accuses of trying to smuggle in nuclear material for a secret weapons program.
Police, acting on a tip, recovered the material in a taxi last week in Sanliurfa province, near the Syrian border. Two Turks who were trying to sell the material as uranium were released from custody.
The seizure alarmed intelligence agencies around the world when the Turkish police said it weighed 35 pounds last week. On Monday, police said the material weighed only 5 ounces.
The disparity occurred because authorities initially included the weight of the lead container in which the material was placed, police said.
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Nice try on the "tip" and the fake stuff for europe's left.
But, you did make one tiny litttle mistake.
Only arabs in the middle east label everything in English for mass consumption--and that's why it didn't get past anyone in the press.
God you guys, pravda with pimples strikes again.
And guess who has a tape of that so-called tipster trying to set up the press? Oh, guess.
Rookies
But, you did make one tiny litttle mistake.
Only arabs in the middle east label everything in English for mass consumption--and that's why it didn't get past anyone in the press.
God you guys, pravda with pimples strikes again.
And guess who has a tape of that so-called tipster trying to set up the press? Oh, guess.
Rookies
... i smell rotting fish and bullshit.
hmmm, that's not a trial balloon floating over this whole little episode is it. a little black operation conducted with perfect timing, only it was stupidly planned and the prop (lead projectile) was totally inappropriate.
or, maybe what it was, was two guys who for whatever reason bought a huge chunk of lead. they had no idea it contained 5 oz. of uranium. they get caught with it. the two guys and the turkish investigators remain calm and get to the bottom of things. but the media, the media flips the fuck out and reports falsely and ineptly that two men of arabic description (what if they were of northern european description?) were caught "smuggling" "pounds" "of" "uranuim". duh.
"this is a big scoop. don't worry about getting the details. just report that men were caught smuggling pounds of uranium. and then you're done for the day..."
gotta get people back home all riled up and feeling afraid somehow...
hmmm, that's not a trial balloon floating over this whole little episode is it. a little black operation conducted with perfect timing, only it was stupidly planned and the prop (lead projectile) was totally inappropriate.
or, maybe what it was, was two guys who for whatever reason bought a huge chunk of lead. they had no idea it contained 5 oz. of uranium. they get caught with it. the two guys and the turkish investigators remain calm and get to the bottom of things. but the media, the media flips the fuck out and reports falsely and ineptly that two men of arabic description (what if they were of northern european description?) were caught "smuggling" "pounds" "of" "uranuim". duh.
"this is a big scoop. don't worry about getting the details. just report that men were caught smuggling pounds of uranium. and then you're done for the day..."
gotta get people back home all riled up and feeling afraid somehow...
More like a transparent idiotic farce that only drugged farm animals would believe . . . . or mall-bred Americans.
To "lightedstone": What the hell are you babbling about?
You sound like some CIA agent on crack mumbling to himself. The issue is this: the "Uranaium to Iraq" story which the American media was hyping a few days ago has proven (surprise, surprise) to be yet another fraud.
Next time, they try harder fabricating fodder for America's war propaganda.
You sound like some CIA agent on crack mumbling to himself. The issue is this: the "Uranaium to Iraq" story which the American media was hyping a few days ago has proven (surprise, surprise) to be yet another fraud.
Next time, they try harder fabricating fodder for America's war propaganda.
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