ISIS gets its hands on nuclear material

WORLD | Midday Roundup: ISIS gets its hands on nuclear material | Lynde Langdon | July 10, 2014: "Loose nukes. The ISIS terror group in Iraq has seized about 88 pounds of uranium kept at Mosul University, Reuters reports. The uranium is not weapons-grade, but it poses a large enough threat that Iraq is asking for international assistance to respond. “These nuclear materials, despite the limited amounts mentioned, can enable terrorist groups, with the availability of the required expertise, to use it separate or in combination with other materials in its terrorist acts,” wrote Mohamed Ali Alhakim, the Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations, in a letter to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon obtained by Reuters. ISIS has taken over a large chunk of territory and effectively erased the border between Iraq and Syria."