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To: Thomas M. who wrote (17245)	9/28/2002 12:38:39 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Turkish Police Seize Weapons-Grade Uranium story.news.yahoo.com. ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish paramilitary police have seized more than 33 pounds of weapons-grade uranium and detained two men accused of smuggling the material, the state-run Anatolian news agency said on Saturday. Officers in the southern province of Sanliurfa, which borders Syria and is about 155 miles from the Iraqi border, were acting on a tip-off when they stopped a taxi cab and discovered the uranium in a lead container hidden beneath the vehicle's seat, the agency said. The incident happens at a time of mounting speculation the United States could launch a military attack on neighboring Iraq for its alleged program of weapons of mass destruction. U.S. President George Bush has accused Baghdad of clandestine efforts to develop a nuclear bomb as his administration works to build international support for an operation to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ( news - web sites). Officials at Ankara's Atomic Energy Institute would not confirm they had been notified about the material, which Anatolia had reported. "Our investigation on whether the uranium was destined for a neighboring country is continuing," a Sanliurfa police official was quoted as saying by Anatolian. Police officials in Sanliurfa and Ankara declined to comment on the case. Authorities believe the uranium came from an east European country and has a value of about $5 million, Anatolian said. It was not immediately clear when the operation was carried out. Anatolian only gave the first names of the suspects, which appeared to be Turkish. Smugglers use Turkey's porous eastern border to import drugs, and hundreds of thousands of migrants each year illegally cross the rugged frontier on their way to more affluent European Union ( news - web sites) nations. Police in Istanbul seized more than 2.2 pounds of weapons-grade uranium last November that had been smuggled into Turkey from an east European nation. The smugglers were detained after attempting to sell the material to undercover police officers.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (17245)	9/28/2002 2:59:15 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

I regret to inform you that I couldn't find your quotation on the link you posted. Nevertheless, I'll pick into your quote regardlesss of where it came form. Vietnam's December 1979 invasion after murderous Khmer Rouge attacks on Vietnamese border areas, driving out Pol Pot and terminating his atrocities, was portrayed by US leaders and political commentators as a profound shock to their delicate sensibilities. I don't recall seeing this reaction. I remember thinking that two Communist countries coming to blows was probably not a bad thing for us. by helping to reconstitute the Khmer Rouge at the border, How did they do this? granting the Pol Pot government diplomatic recognition, If true this doesn't amount to much but words. and insisting on a central Khmer Rouge role in any settlement. Doubtful - in a conflict between two Communist countries, our opinion as to a settlement wouldn't be very relevant anyway. To punish the perpetrators of this crime of aggression, they also had to maintain the embargo that had been "bleeding Vietnam," Now we come to the real grudge Chomsky and you have against the US - we were embargoing Vietnam. I might suggest we had other reasons for this at the time.