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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Sully- who wrote (405468)	5/12/2003 7:47:38 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) of 769670

"... The team's initial speculation turned out to be close to what other experts had concluded. According to international nuclear experts, the Iraqis had used the site to expose troops to a simulated nuclear battlefield more than a decade ago. The area itself is quite remote, which is fortunate given the size of the radiation source, believed to be Cobalt-60, which is commonly used in X-ray machinery, Drew said. He said that because the sources are well shielded in the concrete bunkers, they do not pose a hazard to the immediate area." >>> Well, duh! Kinda like what we did to many of our boys in the '40s & '50s, right up to the '60s, in military nuclear testing.... >>> You do know that an 'X-Ray source' does not a nuclear bomb make. (By the way, the Feds are still searching for a strong X-Ray source stolen from a local hospital here a couple of years ago... it made all the national news feeds, but no joy.)

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