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To: i-node who wrote (152536)	9/28/2002 2:52:59 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571789

David, re:uranium I'm sure it doesn't mean anything that the picture of the container shows it being made in Germany. Steve

To: i-node who wrote (152536)	9/30/2002 10:16:24 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571789

Report: Seized Material Not Uranium Mon Sep 30, 8:43 PM ET 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.