re: saddam had 500 tons of uranium the facts
the UN inspectors (non US) are also part of the vast neo-con plot.....along with the BBC of course...(raucous laughter)
The visit was agreed after weeks of pleading by the IAEA, which has kept the radiological materials at the site safely under UN seal for 12 years.
US soldiers delayed sealing the site even after weeks of looting However, members of the UN group - all non-Americans, with expertise ranging from nuclear physics to arms-control analysis - are not authorised to look at issues of health and safety arising from, for example, the misuse of the barrels.
They are there solely to verify how much of the 1.8 tonnes of "yellow cake" and 500 tonnes of natural uranium has gone missing.
In preparation for the visit, the Americans ordered villagers to sell back the barrels for $3 each. The Pentagon says it has so far received about 100 of the 3,000 missing barrels
