eppie,Oct 22 2004, 04:04 AM Wrote:...since the US took control apparently large quantities of nuclear material (from energy instalations) got missing. ...... as well as anything that was not bolted down.
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Mostly a problem for the thieves in the potential damage from long term exposure to unshielded radiological source. Terrorists might be able to construct a dirty bomb, sure, but if they are Iraqi's they would be soiling their own back yard. If they plan on transporting it somewhere, it is the easiest stuff in the world to detect as it emits radiation and can be detected with a simple gieger counter. There are any number of less detectable chemicals floating around Iraq that would be as lethal, and harder to clean up. The only thing a radiological bomb has that terrorists would want is the psychological effect on an ignorant press and public.
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