Dude, the existence of this was not a secret.  It is from pre 1991 gulf war.

From the AP article

Later, UN inspectors documented and safeguarded the yellowcake, which had been stored in ageing drums since before the 1991 Gulf War.

Don’t want to let a few facts get in the way of good propaganda.

Lestat: Read the entire article; the existence of the nuke program, not just the mountain of yellowcake, is in bold letters, to make it easier for people like you to notice.

“The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program—

What part of “Saddam’s nuclear program” don’t you understand?
Saddam posed a nuclear threat, which is what the President said.

What part of “Saddam’s nuclear program” don’t you understand?
Saddam posed a nuclear threat, which is what the President said.
robert108 on July 6, 2008 at 07:05 pm

The part where this was known to exist. The part that everybody knew about Iraq’s nuclear program prior to the first gulf war. The one that the Israelis bombed.

Dude, when did the UN weapons inspectors leave?  I believe it was before we invaded.  Therefore, if they knew about it, we knew about it.  This article is about the disposal of known contaminents.  Stuff that was left over since 1991.

You are incredibly ignorant about this.  What do you do in your spare time?  Just skim headlines without trying to gain any knowledge? 

It would do you credit if you did any research into what you post.

lestupid and overcompensating elinas the shy spin madly.

Iraq had no civil nuclear power plants in operation.  Yet they had 550 Metric Tons of low enriched Uranium, useful only in the manufacture of Nuclear Fuel or the manufacture of Highly Enriched Uranium for weapons use.  Nor is LEU without value on the international market (and Iraq was indeed hurting for hard currency despite the UN’s Oil for Palaces sham).

Physicians, heal thyselves.

Iraq had no civil nuclear power plants in operation.  Yet they had 550 Metric Tons of low enriched Uranium, useful only in the manufacture of Nuclear Fuel or the manufacture of Highly Enriched Uranium for weapons use.

Dumbass, nobody doubts Iraq had a nuclear program prior to 1990.  The US probably helped fund it.  If you read the articles with any understanding whatsoever (I know it’s a stretch) you would realize that this stuff has been sitting since then and the UN weapons inspectors have known about it. 

There is no evidence of a nuclear program in Iraq since 1991.

they had 550 Metric Tons of low enriched Uranium, useful only in the manufacture of Nuclear Fuel

omg. was he going to…

power lightbulbs at night!

good effing thing we got him.

lestupid opines:

There is no evidence of a nuclear program in Iraq since 1991.

Equally there is no evidence that Hussein’s Iraq divested itself of the technologies, equipment, designs, and raw materials to resume their program of nuclear weapons development once the UN Kleptocrats sold him a clean bill of WMD health.

A quiescent program is not a former program, as the Iranians are currently demonstrating.

sparkless-arse-fuckin-buckle thinks you can generate useful electrical power from yellow cake sans reactor.

omg. was he going to…

power lightbulbs at night!

good effing thing we got him.

If the stakes weren’t so high, it would be funny.  Instead it’s a valuable insight as to what passes for threat assessment amongst the jackass party set.

Equally there is no evidence that Hussein’s Iraq divested itself of the technologies, equipment, designs, and raw materials to resume their program of nuclear weapons development once the UN Kleptocrats sold him a clean bill of WMD health.

The point is that this yellowcake that Robert is using to prove that Iraq had a nuclear program, was under UN control prior to our invasion.  It is a red herring.  Robert is using it as propaganda because he is too stupid to understand the AP article, apparently so are you.