US removes uranium from Iraq

From Associated Press, that arm of the vast right wing conspiracy:
US removes uranium from Iraq.

Let's pay attention to that: The United States military have removed

550 metric tons of "yellowcake" - the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment

which was stored at the nuclear facility in Tuwaitha, Iraq, some 12 miles south of Baghdad.

Again:

• Saddam Hussein had a nuclear program
• At the Tuwaitha nuclear complex just south of Baghdad
• Which included 550 metric tons (over 1.2 million pounds) of "yellowcake", or concentrated uranium
• And multiple devices that could be used in a nuclear weapon

The AP does not say alleged nuclear program. It does not add "according to military experts." It simply says "Saddam Hussein's nuclear program."

Other important points:
1. The yellowcake removed is the last mayor remnant of Saddam's nuclear program. There was more.
2. The military had removed earlier this year four devices for controlled radiation exposure which "contain elements of high radioactivity that could potentially be used in a weapon".
3. The yellowcake was sold to Cameco, which may have been involved in the Oil-For-Food scam, and is a company in which Soros Fund Management LLC owns a substantial portion.

It Must Suck Being Joe Wilson Today - Joe, you’ve been punk'd!

In other news, Iraqis lead final purge of Al-Qaeda, Islamism is discredited, and We're winning this War on Terror.

The Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean will be up in a couple of hours. Bear with me - with the rescue of the Colombian hostages, it's going to be huge!

Special thanks to Hip Hop Republican and Larwyn.

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Just what the world needs: "Venezuela seeks Latin American oil-for-food fund"

The Oil-For-Food scandal is the largest fraud ever perpetrated in the history of mankind.

Leave it to Hugo Chavez to ask for an encore:
Venezuela seeks Latin American oil-for-food fund

Venezuela called on fellow Latin American energy producing countries on Wednesday to set up a fund for food aid using windfall oil profits in an effort to give poor nations some relief from soaring prices.

Windfall oil profits that he is using to finance the FARC and others...

President Hugo Chavez will invite regional oil and gas producers Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador and Bolivia as well as Cuba to a summit in Caracas to set up the oil-for-food fund, Venezuela's foreign minister said.

"We will devise a formula based on the price of oil and the level of production that would allow for the creation of a special oil-for-food fund, taking into consideration the means of each country," said Nicolas Maduro, addressing a meeting of Latin American leaders on the food crisis in Managua.

Managua has its share of poor people, but Hugo's got global plans:

The countries hope to stave off protests and political unrest now plaguing nations from Cameroon to Bangladesh.

As if that wasn't enough, he's getting his hands in the banks, too:

The regional leaders gathered in Nicaragua agreed to work to get private banks in the region to direct at least 10 percent of their total lending to farmers.

Fortunately, at least when it came to that, the "Presidents and ministers from 11 countries -- including Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Panama" gave the thought all the consideration that was due: they signed a non-binding agreement.

Expect Jimmy Carter to join in the effort.

UPDATE, Tuesday 20 May
Fool me once...



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