US Ships 550 Metric Tons of Yellowcake From Iraq

According to the "news service that no one quotes any more", the US recently completed a secret operation to remove 550 metric tons of yellowcake from Iraq.
For those of you unconvinced of Uncle Saddam's nuclear program, that's:

Five hundred
and fifty
metric
tons.

That's nearly one and one quarter million pounds.

Of yellowcake.

Yellowcake is used in the preparation of fuel for nuclear reactors...to produce enriched uranium suitable for use in weapons and reactors.

I'm sure Uncle Saddam, in oil rich Iraq, was only going to use a million pounds of yellowcake to produce clean energy for...the children!

Hat tip LGF
Cross Posted at Say Anything