So what's this, then?

'The US has revealed that it removed more than 1.7 metric tons of radioactive material from Iraq in a secret operation last month. "This operation was a major achievement," said US Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham in a statement. He said it would keep "potentially dangerous nuclear materials out of the hands of terrorists". Along with 1.77 tons of enriched uranium, about 1,000 "highly radioactive sources" were also removed. The material was taken from a former nuclear research facility on 23 June, after being packaged by 20 experts from the US Energy Department's secret laboratories. It was flown out of the country aboard a military plane in a joint operation with the Department of Defense, and is being stored temporarily at a Department of Energy facility.'

Er -- enriched uranium...Iraq... taken from a former nuclear research facility... vital to keep it out of the hands of terrorists? It certainly looks like yet another of those darned non-discoveries of Iraq's non-existent WMD materials which were in danger of being traded between Saddam's regime and non-existent terrorists, just as Dr David Kay warned in his non-existent report. No wonder this hasn't surfaced anywhere other than the BBC online service. Nothing must be allowed to shatter the prevailing non-existent prejudice that blairanbushlied, after all.