] TUWAITHA, Iraq (CNN) -- Villagers near Iraq's largest ] nuclear research facility complain that they are falling ] ill from what doctors say may be radiation poisoning. ] ] The research facility, which stores nonweapons-grade ] radioactive materials, was looted in the final days of ] the Iraq war. Many containers were stolen and used by ] residents near the Tuwaitha complex to store drinking ] water, among other things. More information on the cases of acute radiation poisoning near the looted Tuwaitha facility. And *still* the U.N. inspectors (who are the only ones with exact info on what was stored there) are not being allowed in by the U.S. Army?? |