WASHINGTON (AFP) — At Iraq’s request, the US military this year transferred hundreds of metric tons of yellowcake uranium from Iraq to Canada in a secret, weeks-long operation, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday.
The 550 metric tons of uranium, which was sold to a Canadian company, was moved by truck convoy to Baghdad’s “Green Zone,” then flown by military aircraft to a third country where it was put on a ship for Canada, said Bryan Whitman, the spokesman.
“The operation was completed over the weekend, on Saturday,” Whitman said.
The yellow cake was discovered by US troops after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq at the Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Facility south of Baghdad, and was placed under the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Yellow cake is a form of processed uranium ore that can be used to make fuel for nuclear reactors, or if further enriched as fuel for nuclear weapons.

One million, two hundred twelve thousand, five hundred and forty two pounds of yellow cake was transferred “from Iraq to Canada.”
One million, two hundred twelve thousand, five hundred and forty two pounds of Saddam Hussein’s yellow cake “was discovered by US troops after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.”
One million, two hundred twelve thousand, five hundred and forty two pounds of yellow cake that can be “further enriched as fuel for nuclear weapons.”
One million, two hundred twelve thousand, five hundred and forty two pounds of yellow cake has been ignored by the mainstream media.

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