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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jttmab who wrote (302177)	9/30/2002 2:34:33 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Kinda like that Murdock-propaganda organ (Corriere della Sera) story about terrorists concocting cyanide potions from rat poison. That one was good for a couple days in the news cycle. These propagandists are a very inventive and imaginative breed. No wonder they hire public relations and advertising shops to sell us the War. -Ray

To: jttmab who wrote (302177)	9/30/2002 2:46:57 AM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- Turkish authorities Sunday released two men accused of attempting to smuggle a quantity of uranium, saying the amount in their possession was only a fraction of what officials originally estimated. Turkish officials announced Saturday they had seized a box filled with nearly 35 pounds (15 kilograms) of uranium. But Muzaffer Dilek, the mayor of Sanliurfa, a Turkish city near the Turkey-Syria border, said Sunday that the material amounted to only 140 grams -- about five ounces. The two men arrested with the material were released due to lack of evidence and have since disappeared, Dilek said. The material is being taken to a nuclear research facility in Ankara to determine its composition, Turkey's Ministry of Internal Affairs said. That analysis was expected to be complete by Monday. The men, who were riding in a taxi with the box, were stopped en route from Sanliurfa to the nearby city of Gazi Antep in southeastern Turkey, police said. The driver of the taxi was interviewed and released. Authorities displayed the material, which they said was worth $5 million and originated in the former Soviet Union, to reporters in Sanliurfa. Turkish officials said they did not know whether the uranium was refined weapons-grade material or naturally occurring uranium, which would have to be refined before it could be used in a weapon. However, they said they did not believe the material posed a radiation danger. ____________________________________________ It's important to note the "suspects" were released. Can you say, "staged"? It's also important to be aware of: fas.org There has been a number of sensational news accounts about the growing number of trafficking incidents.63 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has also closely monitored the dramatic growth in the trafficking of nuclear materials. DOE has concluded that since 1966 (first reported incident), of the over 450 illegal trafficking cases reported most have been "nothing more than profit motivated scams involving bogus material, which were perpetrated by opportunists and con-artists."