Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Who Is Guarding Libya’s Yellowcake Uranium?

Barrels filled with yellowcake,"Caution. Radiation".(Reuters / Shamil Zhumatov)

Russia Implores UN To Take Control Of Libya’s ‘Unguarded’ Yellowcake Uranium -- RT

Russia has asked the UN Security Council to look into the dangers posed by a badly-guarded stockpile of yellowcake uranium in the Libyan Desert. Recent reports have said that Al-Qaeda is interested in the supply as a potential nuclear weapon component.

“I have spoken with UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon about the issue, and asked him to take it up with the United Nations mission in Libya,” Russia’s UN envoy, Vitaly Churkin, told ITAR-TASS news agency from New York.

“I also said we would mention the problem at Security Council consultations, and we have done so.”

Churkin also said that the head of United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Tarek Mitri, spoke with Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, who promised to focus on the issue. The Russian diplomat also said that a special inter-ministerial committee was set up in Tripoli to deal with the matter.

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My Comment: It appears that no one is guarding this stockpile .... more evidence that no one did any planning on what Libya would look like after Gaddafi was gone.

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