Looting Nuclear Material

[HBox]

http://www.msnbc.com/news/912073.asp?0cv=CB30

By the time U.S. troops arrived in early April, armed guards were holding off looters-but the Americans only disarmed the guards, Al Tuwaitha department heads told NEWSWEEK. "We told them, `This site is out of control. You have to take care of it'," says Munther Ibrahim, Al Tuwaitha's head of plasma physics. "The soldiers said, `We are a small group. We cannot take control of this site'." As soon as the Americans left, looters broke in. The staff fled; when they returned, the containment vaults' seals had been broken, and radioactive material was everywhere.


They didn't try to stop the looting, says Colonel Madere, because "there was no directive that said do not allow anyone in and out of this place."


That's GRRRRRRRRRRREAT!!!!!!!

[Def Dave in SC]

and radioactive material was everywhere.


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[Heavy]

Hbox, whats your point?

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[DarkHippie]

Hbox, whats your point?
our fear was that saddam would give WMDs to terrorists. Now, because of all the looting, terroists have gotten nuclear material and can make their own (theoretically).

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[Bergalad]

Now, because of all the looting, terroists have gotten nuclear material and can make their own (theoretically).
Again, this shows that the US needs to work on the whole "policing" aspect of war. The troops on the lines are not fully trained on what they are supposed to do in these matters, and although it seems to those on the outside that it would be obvious to guard the facility, that's just not the reality on the ground. I am not very concerned about the material taken for a few reasons. First, making a nuclear weapon is very very difficult and much more costly than any terrorist group could afford to do. Second, it the material was that dangerous, I would hope that the UN inspectors would have made more of a big deal about it.