] 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??

CNN.com - Iraqis complain of illness near nuclear facility