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Islamist Militants Seize Radioactive Material in Iraq


Islamist Militants Seize Radioactive Material in Iraq
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The Iraqi government has asked for international help, after Sunni militants from the group called "the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" seized radioactive material from a university. It comes days after the militants took over a disused chemical weapons factory. Henry Ridgwell reports for VOA that weapons experts are playing down any major threat from the seizures.

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