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The Libyan Army has found the 10 missing drums with 2.5 tons of natural Uranium

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My prediction is this ends in a violent encounter in the parking lot of a California mall

Ha, beat me to it.

My prediction[0] was that it would be found in Iran soon.

It's good that my prediction didn't come true this time.

[0] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1636120831146205187

Iran mines it’s Uranium locally, whilst it doesn’t have the reserves needed for global export its more than enough for a substantial enrichment program.

> Iran mines it’s Uranium locally

Yes, but "extra 10 drums of Uranium" are "extra 10 drums of Uranium".

Iran is producing 80 tonnes of yellowcake per year…

North Korea is a far more likely buyer. Not only are their uranium mining operations and reserves much smaller. Their mine has also collapsed this year.

Were the other 8 drums not missing?

While the video is good stuff, the Libya Review didn't even bother to write a story about it. But nyt did.[1]

[1] https://archive.ph/2jCda

Direct link to NYT article[0] (without challenging Archive.is captchas).

> While the video is good stuff, the Libya Review didn't even bother to write a story about it. But nyt did.

And NYT not even linked video or official reports, even official Libyan News Agency not published it yet.[1,2]

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/world/africa/libya-missin...

[1] https://lana.gov.ly/post.php?lang=en&id=273695

[2] https://lana.gov.ly/

> And NYT not even linked video or official reports, even official Libyan News Agency not published it yet.

It has been said before and it bears repeating: you will not find on this earth a finer fish wrap than The New York Times. As far as I'm concerned, it is the only fish wrap there is.

Are these drums lined with lead?

Natural uranium isn’t particularly radioactive, as long as you don’t ingest or inhale it you’ll be fine.

Whilst I won’t recommend googling it you can buy small quantities of yellowcake and they usually come in tiny glass beads or vials.

Its hard to say as there was no Geiger counter in the hands of the person that counted drums on this video.

The Telegraph claims that this “Uranium ore concentrate is considered to emit low levels of radioactivity”.[0]

[0] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/03/16/colonel-ga...

this is actually really good news. at least the whereabouts are known

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