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Iraqi yellowcake may soon power your home.
Yellowcake uranium may be known to most of us as President Bush’s justification to go to war in Iraq, but the remnants of Saddam Hussein’s once-feared WMD program may soon be lighting up homes across the United States.
Last month, under a deal brokered by the State Department, Canadian-based Cameco Corp. took possession of 600 tons of Iraqi yellowcake - not the yellowcake Saddam had allegedly sought in Niger, but a stockpile he amassed before the Gulf War.
The seed mineral may be best known for its ability to be turned into highly enriched uranium for nuclear bombs, but it can also be used as fuel for nuclear power reactors. Cameco (CCJ), the world’s biggest uranium producer, will upgrade its new supply at a pair of plants in Ontario before shipping most of it to the United States, where the nuclear industry is under growing pressure to meet energy needs.
::inhales sloooooowly::
Will someone please explain to me why the media says absolutely nothing about how yellow cake uranium can be used for nuclear energy instead of nuclear weaponry UNTIL THE YELLOW CAKE IS IN AMERICAN HANDS? Sure, some of us already knew this, but you’d be lying to yourself if you didn’t realize a media bias.
Think back to before we invaded Iraq. I bet you don’t remember any occasion where yellow cake was used in the same sentence as talk about providing energy for millions of people. How about a more recent example? We have been placing more and more sanctions onto Iran because they “refuse to stop their nuclear program”. This is done despite the fact that the worlds intelligence tells us Iran stopped their nuclear weapons race in 2003. Any talk about Iran using the uranium for nuclear energy is reversed by saying things like:
“We have good reason to continue to be concerned about Iran developing a nuclear weapon even after this most recent National Intelligence Estimate,” he told reporters at the White House. “In the words of the NIE, quote, Iranian entities are continuing to develop a range of technical capabilities that could be applied to producing nuclear weapons if a decision is made to do so.”
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But the latest report says Iran — which declared its ability to produce enriched uranium for a civilian energy program in 2006 — could reverse that decision and eventually produce a nuclear weapon if it wanted to do so.
EVERYBODY RUN! THESE PEOPLE AREN’T PRODUCING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION YET BUT THEY COULD DECIDE TO DO SO SOMETIME IN THE NEXT DECADE!!!!!!!! FUCKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a country that supposedly respects the sovereignty of all nations, shouldn’t we require more than ass-backwards speculation before we put extreme sanctions onto them?
• IMPORTS FROM IRAN - Goods or services of Iranian origin may not
be imported into the United States, either directly or through third
countries, with the following exceptions:
(a) Gifts valued at $100 or less;
(b) Information or informational materials;
(c) Foodstuffs intended for human consumption that are classified
under chapters 2-23 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States; and
(d) Carpets and other textile floor coverings and carpets used as wall
hangings that are classified under chapter 57 or heading 9706.00.0060
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
We truly have found our place in the world as the largest manufacturer of idiocy and assholes. I do not place the blame on the American people. Sure, some of us are capable of keeping up to date with current events and are able to sift through the speculation to see the facts, but most people are too busy to do this themselves. They rely on ‘the media’ to provide them with insightful data that is not clouded by opinion and not planted by those in power who seek to gain from misinforming their people.
Sadly, this is exactly what is occuring.
Tags: import, iran, Iraq, WMD, yellowcake