] When Saddam Hussein's regime fell, the guards disappeared ] and looters poured in. ] ] Employees say the thieves emptied barrels containing ] low-grade uranium on the ground and then made off to use ] them to store food and water. ] ] Workers at the site say they then buried the uranium. ] ] One of the facilities chief engineers told the BBC he was ] concerned about the damage that had already been done. ] ] "The people inside this village, they may die in four ] months. We need the special teams of radiation, radiation ] decontamination, decontamination of the area, my ] village." More information about "Iraq's Chernobyl", the looted Tuwaitha site. |