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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25546334/
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> Secret U.S. mission hauls uranium from Iraq
> Last major stockpile from Saddam's nuclear efforts arrives in Canada
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> 3:57 p.m. PT, Sat., July. 5, 2008
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> The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program - a huge
> stockpile of concentrated natural uranium - reached a Canadian port
> Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week
> airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.
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> The removal of 550 metric tons of "yellowcake" - the seed material for
> higher-grade nuclear enrichment - was a significant step toward closing
> the books on Saddam's nuclear legacy. It also brought relief to U.S. and
> Iraqi authorities who had worried the cache would reach insurgents or
> smugglers crossing to Iran to aid its nuclear ambitions.
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> What's now left is the final and complicated push to clean up the ...