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Turkish Police Seize Weapons-Grade Uranium
Last Updated:
September 28, 2002 10:24 AM ET
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish paramilitary police have seized more
than 33 pounds of weapons-grade uranium and detained two men
accused of smuggling the material, the state-run Anatolian news
agency said on Saturday.
Officers in the southern province of Sanliurfa, which borders Syria
and is about 155 miles from the Iraqi border, were acting on a tip-
off when they stopped a taxi cab and discovered the uranium in a
lead container hidden beneath the vehicle's seat, the agency said.
The incident happens at a time of mounting speculation the United
States could launch a military attack on neighboring Iraq for its
alleged program of weapons of mass destruction.
U.S. President George Bush has accused Baghdad of clandestine
efforts to develop a nuclear bomb as his administration works to
build international support for an operation to oust Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein.
Officials at Ankara's Atomic Energy Institute would not confirm they
had been notified about the material, which Anatolia had reported.
"Our investigation on whether the uranium was destined for a
neighboring country is continuing," a Sanliurfa police official was
quoted as saying by Anatolian.
Police officials in Sanliurfa and Ankara declined to comment on the
case.
Authorities believe the uranium came from an east European
country and has a value of about $5 million, Anatolian said.
It was not immediately clear when the operation was carried out.
Anatolian only gave the first names of the suspects, which
appeared to be Turkish.
Smugglers use Turkey's porous eastern border to import drugs,
and hundreds of thousands of migrants each year illegally cross the
rugged frontier on their way to more affluent European Union
nations.
Police in Istanbul seized more than 2.2 pounds of weapons-grade
uranium last November that had been smuggled into Turkey from
an east European nation. The smugglers were detained after
attempting to sell the material to undercover police officers.
www.reuters.com
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