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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Zimbabwe Yellowcake Uranium to be sold to Iran

It may not have been part of the reason we went to war against Saddam Hussein, but yellowcake uranium is essential in the producing of nuclear power and nuclear bombs.  Iran needs as much as it can get because we all know they have a great demand for electrical power. 

That was sarcasm, by the way.  In reality this deal will give the regime of Robert Mugabe lots of money, and Iran lots of nuclear material to play with.  The end result will not be beer and skittles.


From The Telegraph March 6 by Aislinn Laing

Zimbabwe to sell uranium to Iran

Zimbabwe is to defy United Nations sanctions in a deal to sell uranium to Iran

Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Zimbabwe's foreign minister, said the sanctions – which prohibit member states from providing Iran with raw materials that it could use to make a nuclear weapon – were unfair and hypocritical.

He said that Zimbabwe, which is also the subject of sanctions over human rights abuses perpetrated by President Robert Mugabe's supporters, would benefit economically from the agreement.

A leaked intelligence report suggests Iran will be awarded with exclusive access to Zimbabwe's uranium in return for providing the country with fuel.

The report – compiled by the United Nations' nuclear watchdog – said Iran's Foreign and Co-operative Ministers had visited Zimbabwe to strike a deal...

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