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Source: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/19/yellowcake-from-saddam/
U.S. Removes 550 Tons of Nuclear Precursor from Iraq
[Washington Times] Carter Andress - A few months ago the U.S. military removed from Iraq 550 metric tons of yellowcake uranium, a necessary precursor to the development of nuclear weapons. With this radioactive material, all that was needed to create up to 140 nuclear bombs was the centrifuge equipment Pakistan stole from Europe and then re-exported to Libya and Iran.