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| Ukraine warns U.S. of nuke-terror threat |
| 2003-09-28 |
| Security, intelligence officials investigate radioactive package addressed to America. An official with the Ukraine Ministry of Emergencies said the package was emitting radiation ’’at a rate which is thousands of times higher than the acceptable norm in Kiev of 0.05 milliroentgens.’’ Mykola Karabet, an officer with the Ministry of Emergencies, said the parcel was found in a luggage depot awaiting shipment. Diplomatic sources in Kiev said the discovery of the package was not the first of its kind and that U.S. officials in the Ukrainian capital said there was every reason to be concerned over the latest discovery. |
| Posted by:TS |
| #4 "...’at a rate which is thousands of times higher than the acceptable norm in Kiev of 0.05 milliroentgens.’’ And the background rate in Kiev is just a tad higher than the most of the rest of the world, thanks to Chernobyl. This package must really glow in the dark. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-9-28 3:33:33 PM |
| #3 0.05 milliroentgens is not a rate. It is a quantity. Nunn and Lugar were not ignored. Congress created the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in 1991. (They are ignored.) That agency has quietly been busy doing anything and everything to get the Russkies to get control of their weapons. Anything from funding decommissioning of subs to creating accounting systems for weapons. It is money well spent. Thank you Mr, Nunn and Lugar. |
| Posted by: jfd 2003-9-28 12:42:52 PM |
| #2 You're right Anon.... OT & trivia.....Sam Nunn is related to which attack carrier? (easy) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-9-28 12:41:57 PM |
| #1 nunn and ludger were totally ignored in the early 90's and we age goig to pay the price |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-9-28 11:44:54 AM |