Iraqi Science and Technology Ministry Has No Information on Missing Nuclear Equipment

The Iraqi Science and Technology Ministry has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that it has no information on nuclear-related equipment stolen from two facilities, ITAR-Tass reported today (see GSN, Oct. 15). 

The looted sites were identified in a message to IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei as Tuwaitha and al-Vardiya.

The ministry also told the agency that remaining equipment and materials were secure and that there would be no further incidents of theft (Vyacheslav Anichkov, ITAR-Tass, Oct. 18).

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