Thursday, November 29, 2007

Scary News: Uranium Thieves Busted


Photo from source, Times Online

My first scary story in a while is a doozy. I find the constant usage of "the politics of fear" generally abysmal, especially when that fear is used to further policies that could not be enacted otherwise. In this case, I think it's OK to be a little wigged out. But hey, at least they caught the guys.

[Excerpt]

Gang arrested trying to sell enriched uranium

A gang arrested by Slovakian police was trafficking uranium so enriched that it could have been used by terrorists in a dirty bomb, it emerged today.

Two Hungarians and a Ukrainian man were arrested as they tried to sell the uranium last night. The consignment had been tracked by police after it came to their attention inside the former Soviet Union.

Read more at: Times Online

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