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bananas

(27,509 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 02:49 PM Jun 2015

Report: Islamic State Excavating Destroyed Syrian Nuclear Site

Source: Jewish Press

ISIS may be after the buried radioactive materials. They took over the region with the destroyed nuclear reactor in 2014.

Syrian residents from villages near the destroyed Syrian nuclear site, Al-Kibar, around 60 kilometers from Deir A-Zor report that members of Islamic State (ISIS / Daesh) have been excavating the destroyed Syrian secret nuclear facility.

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Residents who visited the area also report seeing empty metal barrels, and are now afraid that more radioactive material has been released.

Islamic State may be looking for radioactive materials to make a dirty bomb, or perhaps they may even believe they might find a nuclear bomb underneath the rubble.

<snip>

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was finally able to confirm in 2011 that the Al-Kibar site was a secret nuclear facility.

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Read more: http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/report-islamic-state-excavating-destroyed-syrian-nuclear-site/2015/06/01/

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Report: Islamic State Excavating Destroyed Syrian Nuclear Site (Original Post) bananas Jun 2015 OP
Gee, if only someone would bomb their efforts..... 7962 Jun 2015 #1
It would have to be something like a daisy cutter or fuel air bomb. You don't want to kick up alfredo Jun 2015 #16
If they dig up anything, they'll probably be dead in a week. Elmer S. E. Dump Jun 2015 #2
But they will be martyrs FrodosPet Jun 2015 #8
Probably some that never experienced a horrible case of radiation poisoning. Elmer S. E. Dump Jun 2015 #9
I was on my ship's "NBC" (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) detection and clean up team in the Navy FrodosPet Jun 2015 #11
And I bet they told you you could learn computers Elmer S. E. Dump Jun 2015 #12
Same here with Morse intercept, unless you wanted to work in industrial espionage. alfredo Jun 2015 #15
I hear you, brother! Elmer S. E. Dump Jun 2015 #18
My MOS made it harder to find work. They kept trying to place me in the state department or CIA. alfredo Jun 2015 #19
They told me I could become an Electronics Technician FrodosPet Jun 2015 #20
Glow in the dark jihadis. nt bemildred Jun 2015 #3
Not buying this. Wilms Jun 2015 #4
Yea, and I think the OP's source is pretty suspect, too. n/t eggplant Jun 2015 #7
They'll be glowing at night... Helen Borg Jun 2015 #5
Glow-in-the-dark terrorists!!! groundloop Jun 2015 #6
Easier to track! :) Helen Borg Jun 2015 #10
No other sources but this dubious article on Google or Bing. Many reposts of that one source. Ford_Prefect Jun 2015 #13
Report: Israeli Media Fearmonger Over Alledged Radioactive Materials - drop some aerial munitions on it? Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #14
Let them dig awhile, it will make it easier to see them at night when we bomb.... George II Jun 2015 #17

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
16. It would have to be something like a daisy cutter or fuel air bomb. You don't want to kick up
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 06:03 PM
Jun 2015

a lot of radioactive soil. The excavators are signing their own death sentence if they handle any of the radioactive material. I don't know how hot the site is, but I wouldn't want to be poking around there.

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)
8. But they will be martyrs
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 03:49 PM
Jun 2015

Who wouldn't trade a horrible case of radiation poisoning for a trip to paradise and 72 virgins?

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)
11. I was on my ship's "NBC" (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) detection and clean up team in the Navy
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 04:07 PM
Jun 2015

In other words, I was one of the smartest expendables on the ship.

Radiation poisoning is a horrible way to die. As far as I am concerned, you are better off if it kills you quick, as opposed to suffering from organ failure and leukemia over weeks or months.

 

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)
12. And I bet they told you you could learn computers
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 04:09 PM
Jun 2015

That's what they told me. Then they made me a "Munitions Maintenance Mechanic". No equivalent job outside the military.
Bastards!

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
15. Same here with Morse intercept, unless you wanted to work in industrial espionage.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 05:54 PM
Jun 2015

I didn't want to go back into intelligence work, I had enough for a lifetime.

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
19. My MOS made it harder to find work. They kept trying to place me in the state department or CIA.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 09:19 PM
Jun 2015

It was either those, or nothing. I took nothing. I dropped out for about 10 years.

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)
20. They told me I could become an Electronics Technician
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 12:58 AM
Jun 2015

I was told I scored in the top 1% on the ASVAB. So they sent me to E.T. "A" school, and then I went out on an ammunition ship and repaired radios and test equipment.

This was late 70s/Early 80s, so computers had not yet began to proliferate yet.

Ford_Prefect

(7,828 posts)
13. No other sources but this dubious article on Google or Bing. Many reposts of that one source.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 04:24 PM
Jun 2015

Seems like agitprop to me.

If true where are the current satellite views? Where is the supporting posting from AP, Reuters or any European or Asian press sources? where are the comments on this from IAEA or any government?

Rumor and speculation from a likely source IMO.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
14. Report: Israeli Media Fearmonger Over Alledged Radioactive Materials - drop some aerial munitions on it?
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 05:24 PM
Jun 2015

George II

(67,782 posts)
17. Let them dig awhile, it will make it easier to see them at night when we bomb....
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 06:23 PM
Jun 2015

....the snot out of them.

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