Aww C’mon Guys!

American troops who suggested they uncovered evidence of an active nuclear weapons program in Iraq unwittingly may have stumbled across known stocks of low-grade uranium, officials said Thursday. They said the US troops may have broken UN seals meant to keep control of the radioactive material.

But an expert familiar with UN nuclear inspections told The Associated Press that it was implausible to believe that US forces had uncovered anything new at the site. Instead, the official said, the Marines apparently broke UN seals designed to ensure the materials aren’t diverted for weapons use, or end up in the wrong hands.

“What happened apparently was that they broke IAEA seals, which is very unfortunate because those seals are integral to ensuring that nuclear material doesn’t get diverted,” the expert said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

No no no no no no no no no. . . This is going to be bad, because you just know that the anti-war guys are going to scream “plant”. Of course, one could ask what the Iraqis were doing with radioactive material in the first place, but I suppose I’ll be content to wait for an explaination from UNSCOM.